History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue Général Thys

In Dutch: Generaal Thysstraat

Rue Général Thys, in Ixelles, has 21 buildings on the Atlas map, for 21 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 62% 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 – 194413
  • 1945 – 19698
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Foreign relations
Named in
1928

Le Général Thys (1849-1915) était un militaire qui travailla au service de Léopold II et de Stanley dans la création de l'Etat indépendant du Congo. (remark in French, as published)

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