The district of Bandung has many tourist attractions that offer beautiful scenery with interesting legends. One is Ciwidey Subdistrict, on the southern Bandung regency. In this area there are interesting attractions namely Kawah Putih.
White crater is a crater lake of Mount Patuha with altitude 2,434 meters above sea level with temperatures between 8-22 ° C. At the top there is a crater Patuha that time, while mean low tide in Sundanese, which is in the west and beneath Kawah Putih with a height of 2,194 meters above sea level. The second crater was formed by the eruption which occurred at about X and XII centuries silam.Kawah White is located approximately 46 km from the city of Bandung or 35 km from the capital of Bandung regency, Soreang, headed Ciwidey.
White crater lake mystery beauty was revealed in 1837 by a German-born Dutch botanist researcher, Dr. Junghuhn Franz Wilhelm (1809-1864) who conducted research in this area. As a scientist, Junghuhn not believe just local stories. As he travels through a forest wilderness research Patuha, he finally found a beautiful crater lake. As well as a mountain crater, bursts out of the lake and its lava flows of gas and sulfur smell offensive. Of it is revealed that a very high sulfur content that causes birds are reluctant to fly over above the surface of the lake Kawah Putih.
Because the sulfur content in the crater lake is very high, in the days of the Dutch government with the sulfur plant was built Zwavel name Ontgining 'Kawah Putih'. Then the Japanese period, the business continued under the name White crater Kenzanka Gokoya Ciwidey directly under the control of the Japanese military.
White crater lake mystery beauty was revealed in 1837 by a German-born Dutch botanist researcher, Dr. Junghuhn Franz Wilhelm (1809-1864) who conducted research in this area. As a scientist, Junghuhn not believe just local stories. As he travels through a forest wilderness research Patuha, he finally found a beautiful crater lake. As well as a mountain crater, bursts out of the lake and its lava flows of gas and sulfur smell offensive. Of it is revealed that a very high sulfur content that causes birds are reluctant to fly over above the surface of the lake Kawah Putih.
Because the sulfur content in the crater lake is very high, in the days of the Dutch government with the sulfur plant was built Zwavel name Ontgining 'Kawah Putih'. Then the Japanese period, the business continued under the name White crater Kenzanka Gokoya Ciwidey directly under the control of the Japanese military.