History of a street · 1130 Brussels

Rue Harenheyde

In Dutch: Harenheidestraat

Rue Harenheyde, in Brussels, has 77 buildings on the Atlas map, for 83 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 48% 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 – 19692
  • 1970 – 198937
  • 1990 – 200932
  • since 20106

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 86: 1955. 2 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
1922

En néerlandais, appelée Harenheide. Heide veut dire bruyère. Ex. rue du Tilleul (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives