Local people call Lawang Sewu because the building has a door that very much, although in reality, the number of the door does not reach a thousand. The building has many windows are tall and wide, so people often think of it as the door (mace).
Ancient buildings and magnificent two-story after independence is used as the office of the Department of Railways Repoeblik Indonesia (DKARI) or now PT Kereta Api Indonesia. Additionally been used as the Office of National Infrastructures Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) and the Regional Office (Regional Office) Ministry of Transportation Central Java. In the struggle for this building has a history of its own that is when the incident took place five days in the Battle of Semarang (14 October to 19 October 1945). This old building into location terrific battle between youth AMKA or Angkatan Muda Railways against Kempeitai and Kidobutai, Japan. Thus the Semarang City Government by Decree No. mayor. 650/50/1992, enter Lawang Sewu as one of 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang that should be protected.
Currently the old building has undergone a phase of conservation and revitalization undertaken by the Conservation Unit objects and historic buildings PT Kereta Api Persero
History.
Lawang Sewu building constructed on February 27, 1904 with another name Het hoofdkantor van de Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS Head Office). Initially the office administrative activities conducted in Semarang Station Warehouse (Samarang NIS), but with the development of rail network path very rapidly, resulting in increased technical personnel and administrative personnel who are not a bit over the development office administration.At the office consequently NIS NIS Semarang station is no longer adequate. Various solutions do NIS among others rented several buildings owned by private individuals as a temporary solution only adds inefficient. Moreover, the location of the station is near the NIS Samarang marshland and sanitation work and health was an important consideration. So, diusulkanlah another alternative: build administrative offices at the new location. The choice fell to the land at that time is in the suburbs adjacent to the residence of the Resident. It's on the tip of Bodjongweg Semarang (now Jalan Pemuda), at the meeting point Bodjongweg and Samarang naar Kendalweg (highway to Kendal).
NIS entrust the design of the headquarters building NIS in Semarang to Prof. Jacob F. Klinkhamer (TH Delft) and B.J. Quendag, an architect who lives in Amsterdam. The entire design process is done in the Netherlands, and then the images were taken to Semarang. Viewed from Lawang Sewu blueprint says that the site plan and building plans have been drawn in Amsterdam in 1903. Similarly, the completeness of his drawings were made and signed in Amsterdam in 1903.
Mystical Stories Lawang Sewu Semarang
Spooky stories mace sewu very famous in Indonesia and very unique building has Lawang or Thousand Doors. Lawang Sewu building at the time of the Dutch colonialists called Wilhelminaplein. Dubbed as Lawang Sewu or the Thousand Doors Indonesian ie, because the building really has a door that very much. Mystical Mystery Lawang Sewu Semarang
History Lawang Sewu
The historic building Lawang Sewu Semarang, Central Java, of course, already familiar to the public, especially residents of Semarang and surrounding areas.But not many people know, if the symbol a thousand doors of the Dutch colonial government heritage buildings that save a lot of hidden stories.
As the building is the center of the Dutch government at the time, Lawang Sewu is an important icon of Semarang. Historically, this European-style magnificent building is the former headquarters of the Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij or NIS Spoorweg, Dutch railways operating in Semarang. Prof. Jacob F Klinkhamer (TH Delft) and BJ Ouendag is the architect who lives in Amsterdam in 1903 ago.
The building which has a unique form of architecture, construction and even takes quite a long time. Beginning on February 27, 1904 until July 1, 1907. The name Lawang Sewu because the building was made with the door of the building in 1000, consists of four buildings, A through D.
The building is a silent witness kelamnya colonial period the people of Indonesia at the time, made Lawang Sewu into a place of mystery in Central Java. Moreover, the building was also witness to the history of the place his fighting heroes homeland to expel the Japanese soldiers were last in power. Includes silent witness thousands of Indonesian fighters were tortured at that location.
The Mystique of Lawang Sewu.
Based on the recognition of people around Lawang Sewu, thousands of supernatural beings living in the building of the local four. In fact, at certain points, ranging from the old well, the main doors, hallways, the location of the prison standing, squatting prison, as well as the main hall at the torture chamber.It's no secret Mystery Ghost pasty, genderuwo, intangible ghost soldiers Dutch, Japanese soldiers and female ghost Netherlands nonik very thick sounding at a number of locations in 1000 that door.
"The most horror at the massacre site, both on the Dutch and Japanese colonial period," said Soeranto, Semarang residents who claimed to have lived for years in the courts of Lawang Sewu building before it was restored.
According to him, the dungeon and torture chamber is still often a mystery visitors. There stood a prison located in the basement. That said, in the dungeon is where the prisoners in the insert and jostling to death.
In addition to the prison stood, he said, there is also a prison squat that adorn the mystical side of the building Lawang Sewu. Given its history, in prison diameter of 1.5 square meters and a height of about 60 cm a silent witness sadistic Japanese soldiers massacred the prisoners.
"That said, hundreds of prisoners who entered had to squat and squeeze. Then the prison will be filled with water to the extent of the neck and closed with iron bars," said Soeranto.
Not only has the prison stand up and squat, the building also has a torture chamber. This torture chamber, according to the story, is deprived of the head space of prisoners in the colonial period.
If a visitor enters this area, of course, will see the tools and chain pemasung remaining. The visitors can feel the atmosphere is very tense at this location, said the caretaker.
Lawang Sewu building restoration.
Mystery stories in a number of locations that many recognized makes Lawang Sewu visited by many tourists inside and outside the country. Now, an icon of Semarang continued the restoration by PT KAI Daop IV Semarang as manager. So that a number of facilities, such as the original train Dutch heritage and facilities bygone era back revitalized.According to the Manager of PT KAI Sapto Museum Hartayo although Lawang Sewu continue to do renovations, but it does not eliminate the renovation of the original building were a thousand shades with a variety of mythical stories melatarinya it. So restoration continued with painting and repairs, do not make the authenticity of color and shape of the building Lawang Sewu changed.
The building, which has been managed by the government's immaculate no longer been suggested haunted. Despite it being a separate icon Semarang. Therefore, the site has been transformed into a tourist attraction the city's most desirable.
"So if Lawang Sewu Angker it used to be. That's the story first. Now, here is very nice and well maintained all the buildings," said Sapto.
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Date Published: 18 April 2016 at 14:38
