History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Ferdinand Elbers

In Dutch: Ferdinand Elbersstraat

Rue Ferdinand Elbers, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 37 buildings on the Atlas map, for 40 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1990 to 2009, with 57% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 198910
  • 1990 – 200921
  • since 20106

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
Commemorative name
Theme
Local notables

Ferdinand Elbers (1862-1943) fut conseiller communal et échevin de la commune de Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. (remark in French, as published)

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