History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Louis Wittouck

In Dutch: Louis Wittouckstraat

Rue Louis Wittouck, in Brussels, has 25 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 84% 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 – 19134
  • 1914 – 194421
  • 1945 – 19690
  • 1970 – 19890
  • 1990 – 20090
  • since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 25: 1923.

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
1914

'la rue est dénommée en hommage à Louis Wittouck, dont la veuve avait en 1892 légué à quatre jeunes Laekenoises, choisies parmi les plus pauvres, 2.000 francs chacune «à la condition qu’elles soient honnêtes, travailleuses et économes».' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives