History of a street · 1000 Brussels

Rue Pletinckx

In Dutch: Pletinckxstraat

Rue Pletinckx, in Brussels, has 38 buildings on the Atlas map, for 51 addresses. It was mostly built between 1850 and 1879: 63% 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 – 187924
1880 – 191314
1914 – 19440
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 6: 1877. 7 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

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Belgian state
Named in: 1877

Charles Pletinckx (1797-1877) est un lieutenant-général qui rassembla et commanda la garde civile lors des soulèvements de 1830. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives