Dannhauser
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 1 ′ S , 30 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | Amajuba | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | Dannhauser | ||
| height | 1358 m | ||
| surface | 610 km² | ||
| Residents | 5389 (2011) | ||
| density | 8.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1937 | ||
Dannhauser is a former mining town in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal . It is the seat of the community of Dannhauser . The place is 1358 meters above sea level. It is located in the middle of the route from Durban to Johannesburg . There are transport links via the Johannesburg – Durban railway line and the N3 , which is eight kilometers away. The Ngagane and uMzinyathi rivers flow near Dannhauser.
Cattle and sheep are kept in the area around the city . It is also home to some of the largest coal mines in the KwaZulu-Natals. The city was named after Renier Dannhauser. Dannhauser was a German settler who bought the Palmietfontein farm from the Natal government in 1872 . The village was granted village status in 1937.
Today there are five farms in Dannhauser, namely Tweediedale, Gleneagles, Rocky Branch, Cornwall and Klipkuil. In Durnacol to the south-west, house and rental prices are very low because the coal mines are no longer in operation.
There is a post office, a bank, a pharmacy and some grocery, iron and household goods stores in the village.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bike Route Toaster. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 20, 2014 ; accessed on October 20, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Dannhauser. KwaZulu-Natal Top Business, accessed October 20, 2014 .
