History of a street · 1180 Uccle
Rue Molensteen
In Dutch: Molensteenstraat
Rue Molensteen, in Uccle, has 28 buildings on the Atlas map, for 29 addresses. It was mostly built between 1970 and 1989: 61% of its buildings appear in that period.
When the street was built
- before 14000
- 1400 – 15990
- 1600 – 16990
- 1700 – 17990
- 1800 – 18490
- 1850 – 18790
- 1880 – 19130
- 1914 – 19440
- 1945 – 19690
- 1970 – 198917
- 1990 – 20099
- since 20102
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
- Descriptive name
- Theme
- Economic life
- Named in
- 1955
Molensteen désigne une meule, pierre plate dans les moulins servant à écraser ou à broyer. La rue se trouve juste à côté de la rue Zandbeek et de la rue Molenvelt. Il se pourrait donc qu'un moulin se trouvait là à proximité. (remark in French, as published)
Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.