Preanger Regencies Residency
Preanger Regencies Residency (
History
Prehistory
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the area of Preanger (
Residency
In 1818, after the short French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies, the territory was reestablished by the Dutch as the Preanger Regencies Residency.[1][3]
The residency as established in 1818 consisted of three major divisions:
- Cianjur and Sukabumi, ruled directly by the resident whose seat was at Cianjur;
- Bandung;
- Sumedang, Sukapura and Limbangan.
The capital of the residency was transferred from Cianjur to Bandung in 1856, but the seat of the resident himself was not moved there until 1864.[1] In 1866, Limbangan was also separated to be its own division with an Assistant Resident.[1]
During the early twentieth century, the residency had a number of Tea estates in its mountainous areas, as well as being a center of Tapioca flour production in the Indies.[4] It was also one of the earliest areas in the Indies to industrialize significantly.[5] During this time, Bandung was also the location of the first university in the Indies and the place where a number of important printing presses were located, including the popular newspaper De Preangerbode.[6]
In 1915, Garut Regency was transferred from the Cheribon Residency to Preanger.[1] In 1925, the four residencies of western Java were subdivided into nine new residencies.[3] The former Preanger Regencies Residency was broken up into three smaller residencies: West-Priangan, Midden-Priangan en Oost-Priangan.[3] However, in 1931 they were reorganized once again, with parts of the former residency now being divided between Buitzenzorg Residency and the renamed Priangan Residency.[3] Those borders were kept by the Japanese during their occupation of Java during World War II, and for a short time by the Republic of Indonesia after 1945.[3]
List of residents
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- Gerrit Willem Casimir van Motman: 1817–1819
- Robert Lieve Jasper van der Capellen: 1819–1825
- Pieter le Clereq: 1825–1827
- Willem Nicolaas Servatius: 1827–1828
- Otto Carel Holmberg de Beckfelt: 1828–1837
- Pieter le Clereq: 1837–1839
- Johan Frans Hora Siccama: 1839–1841
- Jean Baptiste Cleerens: 1841–1846
- Pieter Johannes Overhand: 1846–1850
- Carl Philip Conrad Steinmetz: 1851–1855
- Herman Constantijn van der Wijck: 1855–1858
- Christiaan van der Moore: 1858–1874
- Ferdinand Theodoor Pahud de Mortanges: 1874–1879
- Jan Marinus van Vleuten: 1879–1884
- Albert Gustaaf George Peltzer–1884–1887
- Johannes Heijting: 1887–1891
- Johannes Diederik Harders: 1891–1894
- Christiaan Willem Kist: 1894–1900
- Eduard Thomas Theodorus Henricus van Benthem van den Bergh: 1900–1903
- Gustaaf Adolf Frederik Jan Oosthout: 1903–1907
- Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain: 1907–1911
- Gideon Jan Oudemans: 1911–1913
- Tielus Jan Janssen: 1913–1917
- Louis de Stuers: 1917–1920
- Willem Pieter Hillen: 1920–1921
- August Johan Herman Eijken: 1921–1925
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Stibbe, D. G., ed. (1919). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië . Derde Deel N-Soema (in Dutch) (2 ed.). s'Gravenhage: Nijhoff. pp. 503–6.
- ^ ISBN 0-8248-2111-4.
- ^ ISBN 0-8248-2111-4.
- ^ Commerce, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic; Fowler, John A. (1923). Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 131–41.
- ^ Commerce, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic; Fowler, John A. (1923). Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 213.
- ^ Commerce, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic (1932). Commercial Travelers' Guide to the Far East. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 273–4.