History of Purworejo
inscription kayu arahiwang found in the village of Boro Wetan village, district Banyuurip, if converted to the christian calendar, namely the date of October 5, 901. This shows that there is a settlement before that date. In his adventures allegedly 15th century also through this area in the way home from Bali to Pakuan. On the the Sultanate mataram until the 19th century the region is better known by Bagelen. After kadipaten bagelen handed penguasaannya to Hindia-Belanda by the Sultanate yogyakarta, this region amalgamated into karasidenan kedu and into counties. The Dutch build a new settlement dibrri the name of purworejo as the center of government with the city design engineer the Netherlands, although still take the elements of the Javanese tradition. This new city is the city of tangsi military, and an army of Dutch origin Gold Coast (now Ghana), West Africa, known as the Dutch Black centered his settlement here. A number of buildings of the old-style indischmasih maintained and used until now, such as the Jami' Mosque in Purworejo (1834), regent house (1840), and the building now known as the Church of GPIB (1879). Town square Purworejo, covering an area of 6 hectares, is reputedly the widest in the Island of Java.