The Straits Settlements covered the colonies of the British Ostindien Kompagnie in Southeast Asia. The German translation would be "settlements at the road (of Malakka)". Originally consisted the Straits Settlements of Penang, Singapore and Malakka. The Straits Settlements was from great strategic importance, because they were because of the route from Eastern Asia to India and Europe. Thus particularly a large port and trading base developed in Singapore. Particularly during the Opiumkrieges they were an important

Establishment and extension

The establishment of the Straits Settlements in the year 1826 followed the signing of a contract of Great Britain and the Netherlands in the year 1824. In the present Treaty the malaiische archipelago into a British zone in the north and a Netherlands zone in the south were divided, which entailed the exchange of the two colonies Bengkulu and Malakka. 1826 received the Straits Settlements a uniform administration.

The capital was first Georgetown in Penang. Starting from 1832 Singapore was the capital. The governor of the Settlements was gleichzeitg a High Commissioner of the Malaii states and Brunei, which were at that time British protectorates.

In the year 1867 the Settlements to the British Kronkolonie and was extended by the Weihnachtsinsel and the Kokosinseln, which had belonged since 1889 and/or 1903 to Singapore. 1912 were added still lab SCN, which had belonged starting from 1906 to Singapore.

Dissolution

In the year 1946 the uniform administration of the Settlements was dissolved. Singapore became its own Kronkolonie. Penang and Malakka became likewise as Kronkolonien part of the Malaii union, from which the federation became finally later Malaya and the State of Malaysia. The Weihnachtsinsel and the Kokosinseln were placed under Australian administration. Lab SCN became temporarily part of British north Borneo, which is called today Sabah and likewise belonged to Malaysia.

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