History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue du Marteau

In Dutch: Hamerstraat

Rue du Marteau, in Brussels, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 53 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 82% of its buildings appear in that period.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18493
1850 – 187937
1880 – 19134
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19891
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 23: 1861. 21 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: Economic life

L'ancienne rue de la forge a été divisée et rebaptisée ici en rue du marteau. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives