History of a street · 1170 Watermael-Boitsfort

Rue Major Brück

In Dutch: Majoor Brückstraat

Rue Major Brück, in Watermael-Boitsfort, has 8 buildings on the Atlas map, for 10 addresses. No period dominates: the street mixes buildings from 5 periods, from the 1880s to the 1990s. 13% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 18790
  • 1880 – 19131
  • 1914 – 19441
  • 1945 – 19692
  • 1970 – 19892
  • 1990 – 20092
  • since 20100

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
Belgian state

Nicolas-Remy Brück (1818-1870) fut Major pour la récente armée belge et publia de nombreux ouvrages “scientifiques” (“mi-physiques, mi-spéculatifs” selon la biographie nationale). (remark in French, as published)

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