the history and charm of the building lawang sewu semarang

Lawang Sewu is one of the historic building that was built by the Dutch colonial administration , on February 27, 1904 . The building was originally established for use as Het Indische Hoofdkantoor van de Nederlansch Spoorweg Maatscappij ( NIS ) or the Railway Headquarters Company Private NIS . Office administration activities previously carried out at Station Samarang NIS NIS . However, the growth of the railway network quite rapidly , and need for increasing the number of technical and administrative personnel who are not a little due to increased activity office . One result of the manager 's office in Station NIS Samarang become no longer sufficient . NIS also rented several buildings owned by an individual as an interim solution . However, it is deemed inefficient . Not to mention the location where the NIS Samarang station located in the swamps to matters of sanitation and health is an important consideration . Then it was decided to build administrative offices at the new location . The choice fell to land at that time was in the suburbs adjacent to the residence of the Resident . It's on the tip Bodjongweg Semarang ( now Jalan Youth ) , at the meeting point and Samarang naar Bodjongweg Kendalweg ( highway to Kendal ) . NIS entrust the design of the NIS headquarters building in Semarang to Prof. . Jacob F. Klinkhamer ( TH Delft ) and B.J. Ouendag , an architect who lives in Amsterdam . The whole design process is done in the Netherlands , then the pictures were taken to the city of Semarang . Notice of Lawang Sewu written blueprint that site plan and building plans have been drawn in Amsterdam in 1903 . Similarly, the completeness of his images were made and signed in Amsterdam in 1903.      On 

March 1, 1942 , Japanese troops landed on the island of Java , and seven days later, on March 8 , the Dutch surrendered unconditionally to the Japanese . Since then , Indonesia was occupied by the Japanese administration headquarters of the Japanese army throughout Java was Semarang lawang sewu  halls known as rikuyu kiyuko .ga years later , Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allies after the dropping of the atomic bomb ( the United States ) in Hiroshima and Nagasaki . The incident occurred on 6 and 9 August 1945 . Fill the vacancy , then proclaimed Indonesian independence on 17 August that sparked outrage 1945.Hal first Indonesian youth is when youth Indonesia devolved Japanese prisoner of Cepiring to fur , and on the way they run away and joined the army under the command of General Kidobutai Nakamura . Kidobutai known as the bravest troops , and for the purpose of seeking protection they joined forces in Jatingaleh.Setelah Kidobutai prisoner escape Japan , on Sunday, October 14, 1945 , at 6:30 pm , youths hospitals receive instructions to intercept and inspect Japanese cars passing in front of the hospital Purusara . They confiscated sedan belonging Kempetai and their weapons seized . In the afternoon , the youth participate actively seeking Japanese soldiers and then put him in prison Fur . Around 18:00 pm , armed Japanese troops launched a surprise attack at once disarming eight members of the special police who was on keeping the drinking water source for residents of Semarang in Candilama Siranda Reservoir . The eight members of the Special Police tortured and taken to the headquarters Kidobutai in Jatingaleh . That afternoon the Japanese word got spread poison into the reservoir . The people became restless . Water reserves in the temple , village Wungkal , ( Now being an industrial area Candi Semarang ) when it is the only source of water in the city of Semarang . As the head of the RS Purusara ( now Hospital Kariadi ) Doctors Kariadi intend to make sure the news . After sunset , there was a call from the leadership Purusara Hospital , which tells that dr . Kariadi , Head of Laboratory of Reservoir Siranda Purusara immediately check for the Japanese news spread poison . Doctors Kariadi then quickly decided should immediately go there . Atmosphere is very dangerous because the Japanese have carried out attacks in several places , including on the road to Siranda Reservoir . Dr 's wife . Kariadi , drg . Soenarti tried to prevent him going to remember it being particularly precarious . But dr . Kariadi different opinion , he should investigate the truth of the rumor because it involves the lives of thousands of Semarang . Finally drg . Soenarti can not do anything about it . It turns on the way to the Siranda Reservoir , the car carrying dr . Kariadi intercepted Japanese troops on the Road Pandanaran . Students with army cars chauffeuring the host , dr . Kariadi brutally shot . He was taken to hospital at around 23:30 pm . When arriving in the operating room , a state of dr . Kariadi been very serious . The lives of the young doctor could not be saved . He died at the age of 40 years and one outside the city of Semarang.youth coming from different regions of angry and making Japanese distance of 10 km radius from lawang sewu into battle known as the battle to commemorate the Battle in semarang.for 5 days 5 days in Semarang , built as a monument Tugu Muda warning .

 Young monument was built on November 10, 1950. Inaugurated by President Ir . Soekarno on May 20, 1953 . The building is located in an area many important events recorded during the five-day battle in Semarang , which is in a meeting between Jl . Youth , Jl . Imam Bonjol , Jl . Dr. . Sutomo , and Jl . Sewu Pandanaran with mace . In addition to the construction of Tugu Muda , Name dr . Kariadi immortalized as the name of one of the hospitals in