Construction of a Hospital outside Vijfhoek Fort by Frederik Coyet

1732

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The foundation stone of the hospital at Semarang

Source: Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

Hospitaal Frederik Julius Coyet or Frederik Julius Coyet Hospital was built on 28 July 1732. The hospital was built outside the walls of De Vijfhoek or located in the settlement of Europeesche Buurt.

Roman Catholic Monastery grounds (Gedangan orphanage and Sisterhood) at Kloosterstraat (now Jl. Ronggowarsito)

Source: KITLV, ca.1900

Development of the Frederik Julius Coyett Hospital building:

There is no specific explanation for the building's change of function since 1732, however, it can be seen on old maps (1866, 1909, and 1935) that the entire structure has changed its function from a hospital to an orphanage and nursery.

The orphanage building is shown as number 21 on the 1866 Dutch map.

Source: Plattegrond van der Stad Samarang, 1866

1866 - On an 1866 map titled Plattegrond van der Stad Samarang, legend number 21 shows the location as Roomsch Weeshuis, which means "Roman Catholic Orphanage." The Frederik Julius Coyett Hospital appears to have been turned into an orphanage that year. The exact location is on the Groote post weg naar de boven landen (Great Post Road to the Hill Country; towards Vorstenlanden) north of Karang Gedangan, west of Toerwegen.

The building complex at Kloosterstraat (now Jl. Ronggowarsito); R. Kath. Weeshuis and Instituut Zusters Fransiscanessen.

Source: Semarang en Omstreken, 1909

1909 - On the 1909 map, titled Semarang en Omstreken; seen in Kloosterstraat (now Jl. Ronggowarsito), there is a place called Instituut Zusters Fransiscanessen or Fransiscan Sisterhood Institute. The Roomsch Katholik Weeshuis, or Roman Catholic Orphanage, was located to the south of the structure. This year, the area was transformed into a complex of nunnery and orphanage buildings.

The building complex at Kloosterstraat (now Jl. Ronggowarsito); number 96 is a Catholic meisjel weeshuis and number 106 is Instituut Zusters Fransiscanessen.

Source: Kaart van Semarang, 1935

1935 - On the 1935 map, titled Kaart van Semarang on the map sheet and Plattegrond van Semarang on the source detail, a complex of buildings with numbers 96 and 106 is visible west of Kloosterstraat (now Jl. Ronggowarsito). Katholik meisjel weeshuis (Catholic women's orphanage) is the building with legend number 96, and Instituut Zusters Fransiscanessen (Franciscan Sisterhood) is the building with legend number 106. Based on the map, the structure was repurposed as an orphanage and nunnery complex.

More information about Frederik Julius Coyett:

Frederik Julius Coyett, was one of the Council of Ordinaries of the Dutch East Indies or Raad van Indie who started his journey in the Dutch East Indies in 1707 as a young merchant or Onderkoopman working in the General Office or Camptair General and the following year as a merchant or Koopman. Subsequently, he was successively on the Board of Orphans (Weesmeester), Administrator of the pepper warehouse in Onrust (Administrateur der peperpakhuizen op Onrust) and Deputy for Bumiputera affairs with the rank of Chief Merchant (Gecommitteerde tot en over de Zaken van den Inlander Opperkoopman tevens Heemraad), Head of import and export duties of the Shahbandar (Shahbandar en Licentmeester) and President of the Balai Harta Peninggalan (President van Boedelmeesteren).