Depok Lama (Indonesian for Old Depok) at this period is one of region in the City of Depok.
In other hand, Depok Lama is the region boundary between the City of
Depok and
Bogor Regency.
[Jonathans, Yano. 2011. Potret Sosial dan Budaya Masyarakat Depok Tempo Doeloe. Jakarta: Libri.] Renold Joseph said, "at the
Dutch periode, the majority of inhabitants in Depok Lama is those Twelve Family name that received inheritance from
Cornelis Chastelein Cornelis Chastelein, also written ''Chasteleijn'' or ''Chastelijn'' (Amsterdam, August 10, 1657 – Batavia, June 28, 1714) was born of a notable merchant family. He was the youngest member of a family of eight children. His father, Anthony Chastele ...
."
[Joseph, Renold. On Interview With the Writer. Depok, Indonesia, 25 December.] Those Twelve Family are Bacas, Isakh, Jonathans, Jacob, Joseph, Loen, Laurens, Leander, Tholonse, Soedira, Samuel, and Zadokh.
Now, one of those Twelve Family aren't have a man generation (patrilineal culture) that is Zadokh Family.
Nowadays, Depok Lama still showing the existence, because those Twelve Family having the good sensitivity with those cultural values.
Nowadays Depok Lama area lies at the center of City of Depok.
75 percent of colonial buildings in Depok has been destroyed to build residences and commercial buildings. Therefore, Alqiz Lukman, Ghilman Assilmi, and Ide Nada Imandiharja created the Depok Lama Project website to preserve the history of Depok Lama digitally, which consists of audio recordings of interviews with Yayasan Lembaga Cornelis Chastelein (YLCC, Cornelis Chastelein Foundation), local elders, the descendants of Chastelein’s slaves, heritage experts, and historians as well as photographs.
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External links
Depok Lama Project
Depok
Geography of West Java
Culture of West Java
Historic districts