kazematten (at Sabang) (English: “casemates / old fortifications”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Old casemates at Sabang.
Translation
casemates / old fortifications
Description
Old casemates at Sabang. The drive to them passes the psychiatric hospital. From the walls, the view over the bays is wide and grand. Also: from the bays one understands that effective anti-smuggling is impossible without fast motorboats and a seaplane for the customs.
Significance
The term kazematten (at Sabang) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 24.