At that time, Salemba was called as Struyswijk
The Netherlands came into Jakarta in early 16th century. At that time, Salemba was called as Struyswijk. It was taken from the name of the landowner, Abraham Struys. Struys was a VOC official who opened swamp to be a wide plantation. He took his gardeners and farmers from the native Indonesian with small salary.
History told that Abraham Struys always wanted to be respected. Therefore, he named his land as `Struyswijk` or a Struys’s wide land. Its borders were in Utan Kayu, Matraman to Rawamangun.
When he passed away, Abraham Struys inherited his land to Anna Struys, his daughter. Ever since, the land was lessened. Joan van Hoorn, Anna’s husband sold it to Domine Kiezenga also the Netherlands.
The remaining Struys’s land is now Salemba.
And then in Struyswijk, there were built some residential areas. People told, Governor General Daendels in 1808 built a big road there. It was named Daendels Street.
The street was built to connect Mesteer Cornelis (Jatinegara), Senen and Batavia New City (a Daendels’s city) in Weltevreden (Gambir).
Netherland Govt. built a college which is now called as UI (University of Indonesia). Behind the campus there was CBZ, which was a medical practice place for medical students of UI. Now, CBZ is Tjipto Mangunkusumo Hospital.
In Salemba, the Netherlands also built a prison for them, the Indonesian strugglers who wanted to fight against Dutch colonial.
Wahab, a resident of Jl. Kenari, Salemba told beritajakarta.com that Salemba Street was a witness of the war between English troops and the Netherlands troops in seizing Batavia. “English troops won it,” Wahab said, Saturday (11/14).
Translator: ajeng
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