History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Renkin

In Dutch: Renkinstraat

Rue Renkin, in Schaerbeek, has 93 buildings on the Atlas map, for 97 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 98% 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 – 18791
1880 – 191391
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 76: 1890. 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

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Local notables

La rue rend hommage à Sualem Renkin, inventeur né à Jemeppe-sur-Sambre au milieu du XVIIe siècle. Sa plus grande invention fut un système de pompage de l'eau des mines. Louis XIV demanda à ce qu'elle soit perfectionnée et construite pour pomper l'eau de la Seine vers les jardins de Versailles. Colbert s'appropria la paternité de cette invention. (remark in French, as published)

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