Regarding the origin of the name "Bandung", put forward various opinions.
Some say that the word "Bandung" in Sundanese, identical
with the word "appeal" in Indonesian, means side by side.
Ngabanding (Sunda) means adjoining or adjacent. This is between
Another stated in Indonesian dictionary published by Balai Besar
Reader (1994) and Sundanese-Indonesian dictionary published by Pustaka Setia (1996),
bandung means that the word pairs and also means side by side.
Another opinion says that the word "bandung" implies large
or large. The word is derived from milk. In Sundanese,
ngabandeng means vast pool of water and look cool, but
impressed creepy. Allegedly said that later changed the sound of milkfish
to Bandung. There is another opinion stating that the word Bandung
derived from the weir.
Opinions about the origin and meaning of the word Bandung, apparently related
terbendungnya flow with events in the area of the ancient Citarum River
Padalarang by lava erupting Mount Tangkuban during
Holocene (± 6000 years ago)

As a result, the region between Padalarang until Cicalengka (± 30 kilometers)
and the area between Mount Tangkuban until Soreang (± 50
mile) submerged into a large lake which became known
Lake called the Lake of Bandung Bandung or Proto. Based on
geological research, the lake water is expected to begin receding Bandung
in the Neolithic period (± 8000-7000 BC). Process reflux
water of the lake took place in stages over many centuries.
Historically, the word or name began to be known since the Bandung area
former lake stood Bandung regency government (about
third decade of the 17th century). Thus, the designation of Lake Bandung
to the large lake that ensued after the establishment of District
Bandung. 

The establishment of Bandung

When led by the Regent of Bandung regency Wiranatakusumah RA II,
power in the archipelago of the Company ended due to the VOC went bankrupt (in December
1799). Power in the archipelago was taken over by the Government next
Dutch East Indies with the first Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels
(1808-1811).
Along with the change of power in the Dutch East Indies, and the situation
Bandung regency conditions change. The first changes
time there is a transfer of capital in the district of Krapyak
Area south of Bandung Bandung to the tar; etak in the central part
area of the district.
Between January 1800 until the end of December 1807 in the archipelago in general and
in Java in particular, there is a foreign power vacuum (colonizers),
because although the Governor-General of the VOC is still there, but he had
has no power. For the regents, during the power vacuum
means the loss of load in the form of obligations that must be met
for the interests of foreign rulers (invaders). Thus, they
able to devote sufficient attention to the interests of local government
respectively. This may occur also in Bandung regency.
According to the script Sadjarah Bandung, Bandung in 1809 Regent
Wiranatakusumah II along with a number of people to move from Karapyak
northern area of land would be the capital. At that time the land
Bandung would still forested, but the north has been
existing settlements, namely Cikapundung Old-fashioned village, Kampung Cikalintu, and
Village of Bogor. According to the manuscript, Regent R.A. Wiranatakusumah II
moved to the city of Bandung after he settled in temporary shelters
for two and a half years.