Dirk Teeuwen MSc

Indonesia, Dutch colonial heritage
Rendezvous Batavia
drs Dirk Teeuwen MSc


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The historical importance of Dutch East-India with regard to its heir and successor, the Republic of Indonesia, deserves particular attention. The importance of Dutch East-India to Indonesia's socio-economic development, its empire building, its infra-structure, and so on, will be emphasized here in articles, pictures, photographs, maps. This site comes from the author's interest in Dutch colonial-historical remains in the Indonesian Archipelago.
Contact! Your questions and comments are most welcome:
dutchcolonialheritage@gmail.com, or, drs.dirk.teeuwen@gmail.com
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Contact: dutchcolonialheritage@gmail.com
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Index page pictures: legends, sources and acknowledgments
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Contact: dutchcolonialheritage@gmail.com
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Nieuwpoort Town Holland, my place of residence:
Nieuwpoort Vesting, Nieuwpoort Fortress
Nieuwpoort Holland, town gate
Nieuwpoort Holland, Picture Gallery
Nieuwpoort, vicinity
Recommended links

Jakarta-Batavia, historical sites
Historical sites of Jakarta-Batavia

Jakarta-Batavia, history travel
Touring Jakarta, colonial style
Touring Jakarta, colonial style; Kali Besar

Jakarta-Batavia, VOC Castle
1. The V.O.C.-Castle of Jakarta-Batavia
2. The castle of Jakarta-Batavia, foundation
3. Old Dutch V.O.C. architecture




Special subjects
1. Indonesian colonial railways and tramlines
2. Indonesian-Dutch colonial art
3. A voyage to Indonesia in 1914
4. Dutch-Indonesian colonial institutions
5. Dutch-Indonesian colonial education, teaching
6. Dutch-Indonesian colonial government
7. Dutch East-India, opium in colonial Indonesia
8. Dutch colonial administration, policy and law
9. Historical sites of South Africa, Ghana, Namibia
10. Peking 1918, old pictures
11. Castles in The Netherlands


Section in Dutch
1. Tempo Doeloe
2. Aankomst te Batavia, arrival at Batavia-Jakarta
3. Batavia-Jakarta, stad voor Nederlanders Jakarta,a colonial Dutch city
4. Mr Van Stein Callenfels, opvallende koloniaal; a remarkable colonial Dutchman
5. Aceh, Marechaussee, lyriek van en door Atjeh-vechtjassen; Aceh, soldier's lyrics
6. Galle, Sri Lanka and the Dutch
7. V.O.C. in India


Royal Dutch East-Indian Army, Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL)
1. Marechaussee Special Forces, a limited photo gallery
2. Aceh, Marechaussee, lyriek van en door Atjeh-vechtjassen; Aceh, soldier's lyrics
3. Lombok Expedition, 1894
4. The Bali War 1906
5. The Bali Wars, 1846-1849
6. The Aceh War, 1873-1903

Below a limited photo gallery with some colonial army pictures. An attempt to save Dutch-Indonesian military men from oblivion.


Deputation of the Dutch East-Indian Army laying wreathes: refuneral General Van Heutsz; Amsterdam 1928
From > Topographische Dienst: Verslag Detachement Van Heutsz Deputatie; Batavia-Jakarta 1928 p. 10


Dutch East-Indian Army, "Commando Frank", Marechaussee Special Forces (M.S.F.). Commander Frank is the European in the centre. Sigli, Aceh 1908
From > Croo, M. H. du: Marechaussee in Aceh; Maastricht Holland 1943 p. 126

First detachment second division Marechaussee Special Forces (M.S.F.), Commander Paris and his men at Kuala Bhèë, Aceh 1920. In the centre the bivouac commander Lieutenant Paris; with European sergeants and Indonesian cadre (non-commissioned officers). From H.J. Schmidt and M.H. du Croo: Marechaussee in Atjeh; Maastricht Holland 1943, p. 176

(Batavia) Militia Officer, Jakarta-Batavia 1860

(M.S.F.) Lieutenant Christoffel, Aceh 1900

(M.S.F.) Colonel Van Daalen, Aceh 1905

General and Governor-General Van Heutsz, 1912