Sejarah Batik Pekalongan

History of Batik in Pekalongan start of post-war and disunity within the Mataram kingdom that time was led by the king Panembahan. The war against the Dutch colonial or split between the court environment is often the case, until a most severe conditions caused many families of the king who fled and settled in areas such new to Pekalongan. The families of the palace which has a tradition of batik and evacuate this area to develop batik in Pekalongan evacuation.
In the district of Pekalongan batik eventually grow exponentially as Buaran, Pekajangan and Wonopringgo. Families who fled the palace and led his followers to a new area, and at the batik continued and later became a job for livelihood. Batik in this new area was adapted to the circumstances surrounding area.
Until the beginning of XX century batik process is known batik cloth with materials made in the country and also some import. After the first world war a new batik known fabrication and use of foreign drugs made in Germany and the UK.
In the early 20th century was first recognized in Pekajangan is producing weaving and yarn spun stagen own moderation. In recent years new batik known the work of the people who work in this weaving. Growth and more rapid development of batik weaving stagen and never sugar mill workers in Wonopringgo and Tirto run batik companies because wages are higher than the sugar factory. The materials used for the fabric of homespun and paint materials made from trees such as mulberry, tree tom, soga Java, and so on.