History of a street · 1120 Brussels

Rue Hoogeleest

In Dutch: Hogeleeststraat

Rue Hoogeleest, in Brussels, has 45 buildings on the Atlas map, for 47 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 64% 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 – 196912
1970 – 198929
1990 – 20094
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 33: 1979.

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

Hoogeleest est le nom d'un hameau qui était situé entre Laeken et Neder-Over-Hembeek jusqu'au XIXe siècle. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives