History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Marcel Grüner

In Dutch: Marcel Grünerstraat

Rue Marcel Grüner, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 13 buildings on the Atlas map, for 14 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, 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 – 19440
  • 1945 – 19695
  • 1970 – 19897
  • 1990 – 20091
  • 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
Second World War

Marcel Grüner (1922-1945) fut lieutenant durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il fut déporté en Allemagne et mourut en 1945. (remark in French, as published)

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