Katwijk,_Suriname

Katwijk, Suriname

Katwijk, Suriname

Coffee plantation and village in Commewijne District, Suriname

Katwijk (Sranan Tongo: Juliansi[1]) is coffee plantation and village in the Alkmaar resort of the Commewijne District of Suriname. It is the only coffee plantation in Suriname which is still in operation.[2][3] During World War II, Katwijk was an internment camp for prostitutes.

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History

In 1746, the land was sold to the 13-year old Alida Maria Wossink. Wossink married three times, and transformed the land into a successful coffee plantation.[3] According to John Gabriel Stedman, she was one of the worst slave holders.[4] In the middle of the 19th century, the plantation temporarily switched to growing bananas.[3] In the early 20th century, 196 contract workers from Java were hired to work on the plantation.[5]

During World War II, American soldiers were stationed in Suriname. There were concerns about sexually transmitted diseases. In 1942, in anticipation of the visit of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, all prostitutes were interned at Katwijk.[6] Maxi Linder, the well-known Surinamese prostitute, was among those arrested.[7] They were released in 1944[7] when the American soldiers were replaced by soldiers from Puerto Rico.[4]

In 1974, Hendrik Gonggrijp sold the plantation to Nagib Nouh-Chaia who turned the plantation into a successful plantation.[3] In 1979, a coffee-roasting factory was built on the plantation. The coffee is mainly sold within Suriname. The houses for the workers are still inhabited.[4]

References

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    "PLANTAGE KATWIJK MTB". Suriname Holidays (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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    "Plantage Katwijk". Surgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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    "Troost uit Katwijk". Parbode (in Dutch). 1 September 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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    "Te werkstelling Javaanse contractarbeiders aan het begin van de contractarbeid". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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    "Suriname in de Tweede Wereldoorlog". Werkgroep Caraibische Letteren (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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    Wim Rutgers (2007). De brug van Paramaribo naar Willemstad. Nederlands-Caribische en Caribisch-Nederlandse literatuur 1945-2005 (in Dutch). Universiteit van de Nederlandse Antillen.
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