Lawang Sewu office

  Lawang Sewu Semarang is an old building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of the Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij or NIS Spoorweg. Built in 1904 and completed in 1907. The monument is located on the roundabout that used to be called Wilhelminaplein Young.

   Local people call it Lawang Sewu (Thousand Doors) because the building has a door that very much. In fact, the doors are not up to a thousand. The building has many windows high and wide, so people often think of it as the door (mace).

   Ancient buildings and magnificent two-storey is used as an office after independence Djawatan Repoeblik Indonesia Railways (DKARI) or PT Rail is now Indonesia. In addition once used as the Office of National Infrastructures Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) Regional Office (Regional Office) Ministry of Transportation Central Java. At the time of the struggle of this building has its own history that is when the battle took place five days of events in Hyderabad (14 October to 19 October 1945). This old building became the location of a great battle between youth AMKA or the Young Railway against Kempetai and Kidobutai, Japan. Thus the Semarang City Government by Decree No. mayor. 650/50/1992, Lawang Sewu included 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 PT objects and historic buildings Railway Corporation.