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Gedung Juang Tambun

Gedung juang tambun is a historical site located in the southern subdistrict, Bekasi district. Before the national revolution, this building was named Landhuis tamboen or Gedung Tinggi, and was the center of private land belonging to the khouw van tamboen family. Gedung Juang Tambun and Tambun Station which has been presented behind this building, both of which are Art Deco-style and integral part of history.

Currently Gedung Juang is used by the office cleanliness and fire department Bekasi district as a fire brigade that is on stand in the complex Gedung Juang Tambun.

Relief that tells the beginning of the area of Bekasi   

Gedung Juang Tambun was built in two stages by a baba noble and landlord, Khouw Tjeng Kie, Luitenant Der Chinezen. He has two brothers, Luitenant Khow Tjeng Tjoan and Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Po. Their father was a pachter and a landowner named Khouw Tian Sek.

After the death of Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Kie, the stewardship of both private and Landhuis Tamboen land fell into the hands of the Luitenant's son, Khouw Oen Hoei. He is the younger brother of O.G. Khouw is buried in the famous and luxurious mausoleum at Petamburan. Their most prominent cousin in the colonial era was Khouw Kim An, the last Majoor Der Chinezen in Batavia, who was the son of their uncle, Luitenant Khouw Tjeng Tjoan.

The first phase of development began in 1906, and was completed in 1910. Then the second phase in 1925. At first, the front page of Gedung Juang which is visible from the street Hasanudin is much planted by mango trees which at that time was not well known among the people of Tambun and Bekasi.

 

Relief struggle against invaders around Gedung Juang Tambun

Landhuis and Tamboen private lands were confiscated from the Khouw Van Tamboen family in 1942 amid Japanese occupation. At the time of the war of independence against the Dutch, Gedung Juang which at that time known as Gedung Tinggi was made a place of defense by the freedom fighters who were then centered in the region of Tambun and Cibarusah.

Gedung Juang is located just a few kilometers from the outer border of Batavia's Sasak Jarang area which is now a border area between East Bekasi subdistrict, Bekasi city with South Tambun subdistrict, Bekasi district. As a result of Dutch defense in the Bekasi region is often attacked, the Dutch often leave their defensive places in Bekasi and withdraw to strengthen their defensive areas in Klender, which then becomes the boundary between the city of Bekasi and east Jakarta.

Relief of prisoner exchange negotiations between Indonesian freedom fighters and Dutch troops

This building is also a place of prisoner exchange exchange between the Dutch and the freedom fighters Indonesia. Indonesian independence fighters were repatriated by the Dutch to the Bekasi area and Dutch troops were repatriated to Batavia via Tambun Station whose railway is directly behind this building.