History of a street · 1020 Brussels

Rue Tielemans

In Dutch: Tielemansstraat

Rue Tielemans, in Brussels, has 19 buildings on the Atlas map, for 26 addresses. It was mostly built between 1880 and 1913: 84% 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 – 18790
1880 – 191316
1914 – 19443
1945 – 19690
1970 – 19890
1990 – 20090
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: Local notables
Named in: 1879

'Le nom de l’artère renvoie à Jean-François Tielemans (1799-1888), premier président de la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles, qui résida quelques années à Laeken. Par le passé, elle a été erronément orthographiée Thielemans.' (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: City of Brussels Archives