page_title: Lauw-Sim-Zecha family
hierarchical_section_title: Lauw-Sim-Zecha family
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Repronegatief. Weltevreden, kampong Gang Zecha, West-Java
context_page_description: The Lauw-Sim-Zecha family is an Indonesian family of mixed Peranakan Chinese and Indo-Bohemian descent that came to prominence at the start of the nineteenth century as Pachters, Landheeren and mandarins in Batavia and Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies. The family formed part of the so-called 'Cabang Atas', or the Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia.
context_section_description: The Lauw-Sim-Zecha family is an Indonesian family of mixed Peranakan Chinese and Indo-Bohemian descent that came to prominence at the start of the nineteenth century as Pachters (revenue farmers), Landheeren (landlords) and mandarins in Batavia (now Jakarta) and Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). The family formed part of the so-called 'Cabang Atas', or the Chinese gentry of colonial Indonesia.
caption: Kampong Gang Zecha was an area in colonial Jakarta named after the Lauw-Sim-Zecha family.
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