History of a street · 1070 Anderlecht

Rue du Broeck

In Dutch: Broekstraat

Rue du Broeck, in Anderlecht, has 158 buildings on the Atlas map, for 170 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 7 periods, from the 1800s to the 1990s. 56% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18496
1850 – 187948
1880 – 191335
1914 – 194433
1945 – 196913
1970 – 198922
1990 – 20091
since 20100

No building in the street is dated by the heritage inventory: the years are estimates by district.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Descriptive name
Theme: Places and destinations
Named in: 1611

Le Broek (ou Broeck) représente ici un lieu dit. En ancien néerlandais, broeck signifierait marécageux. Un hameau de ce nom est situé sur la rive gauche du ruisseau venant d'Itterbeek. Il y avait là en tout cas une ferme, et peut-être des cultures maraîchères. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.