Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal

Wartburg
Wartburg  Wartburg shown within KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates: 29°25′S 30°34′E / 29.417°S 30.567°ECoordinates: 29°25′S 30°34′E / 29.417°S 30.567°E
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
District	UMgungundlovu
Municipality	uMshwathi
Area[1]
• Total	1.89 km^2 (0.73 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	906
• Density	480/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	26.4%
• Coloured	1.2%
• Indian/Asian	4.9%
• White	67.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
• English	45.6%
• Zulu	22.7%
• Afrikaans	9.5%
• Other	22.3%
Postal code (street)	3233
PO box	3233
Area code	033/032

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.^[2]

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

1. "Main Place Wartburg". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 469.

External links

• Wartburg Kirchdorf School Official Website