History of a street · 1160 Auderghem

Rue Jean Ekelmans

In Dutch: Jean Ekelmansstraat

Rue Jean Ekelmans, in Auderghem, has 32 buildings on the Atlas map, for 32 addresses. It was mostly built between 1945 and 1969: 100% 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 – 196932
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 12: 1949. 32 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
Commemorative name
Theme
Second World War
Named in
1953

Jean Ekelmans (1910-1944) était auderghemois, postier et résistant. Son métier lui permettait de faire de la résistance efficace. Il fut arrêté quatre mois avant la Libération et mourut à Dora en novembre 1944. (remark in French, as published)

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