The town was named after Wartburg castle in Thuringia where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German[2] by the immigrant families who arrived in South Africa in 1848.[3] A noticeable population of German-speaking citizens still live in the area surrounding the town.
The town is mostly supported by the surrounding agricultural industry, mostly sugar cane and timber production.
There are two schools that serve the town: 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.
wartburg, kwazulu, natal, wartburg, small, town, located, kilometres, north, east, pietermaritzburg, kilometres, south, greytown, umshwathi, local, municipality, kwazulu, natal, south, africa, wartburgwartburger, hotelwartburgshow, kwazulu, natalwartburgshow, . Wartburg is a small town located 27 kilometres 17 mi north east of Pietermaritzburg and 50 kilometres 31 mi south of Greytown in the uMshwathi Local Municipality of KwaZulu Natal South Africa WartburgWartburger Hof HotelWartburgShow map of KwaZulu NatalWartburgShow map of South AfricaCoordinates 29 25 59 S 30 34 28 E 29 43306 S 30 57444 E 29 43306 30 57444 Coordinates 29 25 59 S 30 34 28 E 29 43306 S 30 57444 E 29 43306 30 57444CountrySouth AfricaProvinceKwaZulu NatalDistrictUMgungundlovuMunicipalityuMshwathiArea 1 Total1 89 km2 0 73 sq mi Population 2011 1 Total906 Density480 km2 1 200 sq mi Racial makeup 2011 1 Black African26 4 Coloured1 2 Indian Asian4 9 White67 5 First languages 2011 1 English45 6 Zulu22 7 Afrikaans9 5 Other22 3 Time zoneUTC 2 SAST Postal code street 3233PO box3233Area code033 032The town was named after Wartburg castle in Thuringia where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German 2 by the immigrant families who arrived in South Africa in 1848 3 A noticeable population of German speaking citizens still live in the area surrounding the town The town is mostly supported by the surrounding agricultural industry mostly sugar cane and timber production There are two schools that serve the town 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 References Edit a b c d Main Place Wartburg Census 2011 Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Public Domain Human Science Research Council p 469 History Wartburg Kirchdorf School Retrieved 29 November 2017 External links Edit Media related to Wartburg KwaZulu Natal at Wikimedia Commons Wartburg Kirchdorf School Official Website This KwaZulu Natal location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wartburg KwaZulu Natal amp oldid 1118187781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
