History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue du Potaerdenberg

In Dutch: Potaerdenbergstraat

Rue du Potaerdenberg, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 22 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 68% 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 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19130
  • 1914 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 1970 – 198915
  • 1990 – 20093
  • 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
1890

La rue est tracée sur une colline argileuse. (remark in French, as published)

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