History of a street · 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

Rue Vanderstichelen

In Dutch: Vanderstichelenstraat

Rue Vanderstichelen, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, has 137 buildings on the Atlas map, for 143 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 52% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 48% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

  • before 14000
  • 1400 – 15990
  • 1600 – 16990
  • 1700 – 17990
  • 1800 – 18490
  • 1850 – 187911
  • 1880 – 191355
  • 1914 – 194471
  • 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
Belgian figure

Jules Vanderstichelen (1822-1880) fut ministre des Travaux publics entre 1859 et 1868 et ministre des affaires étrangères pour Charles Rogier entre 1868 et 1870. En 1878 et jusqu'à sa mort, il sera gouverneur de la banque de Belgique. (remark in French, as published)

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