History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Gulden Bodem

In Dutch: Gulden Bodemstraat

Rue du Gulden Bodem, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 31 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1910s to the 2010s. Almost everything there appears after 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19448
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19899
  • 1990 – 20095
  • since 20101

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 11: 1925. 8 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

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
1927

Le gulden bodem signifie littéralement le sol de florins. Par extension, il s'agit peut-être d'une référence à une terre particulièrement fertile qui serait du coup surnommée la terre d'or. (remark in French, as published)

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