History of a street · 1030 Schaerbeek

Rue Willem Kuhnen

In Dutch: Willem Kuhnenstraat

Rue Willem Kuhnen, in Schaerbeek, has 65 buildings on the Atlas map, for 66 addresses. It was mostly built between 1914 and 1944: 72% 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 – 191314
  • 1914 – 194447
  • 1945 – 19694
  • 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
Architecture

La rue fut baptisée après Willem Kuhnen, architecte responsable des plans du Cirque Royal. (remark in French, as published)

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

Further reading: 1030.be