History of a street · 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe

Rue Openveld

In Dutch: Openveldstraat

Rue Openveld, in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, has 93 buildings on the Atlas map, for 101 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1970 to 1989, with 47% 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 – 19441
  • 1945 – 196930
  • 1970 – 198944
  • 1990 – 200916
  • since 20102

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 67: 1939. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

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Descriptive name
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Places and destinations

Un manuscrit de la commune datant de 1845 parle d' 'opperveldbaen' qui serait traduit par « route du champ supérieur, élevé ». (remark in French, as published)

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