History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Knapen

In Dutch: Knapenstraat

Rue Knapen, in Schaerbeek, has 35 buildings on the Atlas map, for 42 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1945 to 1969, with 54% 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 – 19444
1945 – 196919
1970 – 19899
1990 – 20092
since 20101

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: First World War
Named in: 1931

Il s'agirait d'un résistant fusillé par les Allemands lors de la Première Guerre mondiale. (remark in French, as published)

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