History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Karel Bogaerd

In Dutch: Karel Bogaerdstraat

Rue Karel Bogaerd, in Brussels, has 18 buildings on the Atlas map, for 19 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 67% 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 – 191312
  • 1914 – 19446
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 27: 1913. 5 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
Local notables
Named in
1905

Karel Bogaerd (1834-1906) fut fonctionnaire au ministère des travaux publics du XIXe siècle, c.c. à Laeken, écrivain flamand. Il a vécut et est décédé à Laken. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives