Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Wartburg is a small town located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the north-east of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and is located in the Umgungundlovu District Municipality.
Village 27 km north-east of Pietermaritzburg and 50 km south of Greytown. Administered by a health committee since 1950, it was named after the castle in Thuringia where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German.[1]
It is situated in an agricultural area, dominated by sugar cane fields and timber plantations.
The town is served by two schools: Wartburg Kirchdorf School and Georgenau School, which originally was the Wartburg Kirchdorf Junior School. The Wartburg Kirchdorf School caters to students from pre-school right through till grade 12. The School has a wealth of facilities, having rugby fields, cricket fields, hockey fields, cricket nets, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and an athletics track and equipment, and a library.
The town was settled in the 1850s by German families, and is named after the Wartburg Castle in Eisenach, Germany. To this day, the Wartburg area has had a large population of German speaking citizens, who predominantly farm in the surrounding area around the town.
References
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 469.
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Municipalities and communities of uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal | ||
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District seat: Pietermaritzburg | ||
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| uMngeni | ||
| Mpofana | ||
| Impendle | ||
| Msunduzi | ||
| Mkhambathini | ||
| Richmond | ||