History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Vonck

In Dutch: Vonckstraat

Rue Vonck, in Schaerbeek, has 52 buildings on the Atlas map, for 54 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1914 to 1944, with 54% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 46% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 191323
1914 – 194428
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Theme: Historical references
Named in: 1871

Jean-François Vonck (1743-1792) était avocat et fut l'un des leaders de la Révolution brabançonne de 1789-1790, révolution réactionnaire face à la Révolution française. (remark in French, as published)

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