Doornfontein

Doornfontein
Doornfontein
Coordinates	26 ° 11 ′ 41 ″  S , 28 ° 3 ′ 19 ″  E Coordinates: 26 ° 11 ′ 41 ″  S , 28 ° 3 ′ 19 ″  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Gauteng
metropolis	City of Johannesburg
height	1730 m
surface	0.5 km²
Residents	4484 (2011)
density	9,747.8  Ew. / km²
Street scene in Doornfontein (2015)

Doornfontein is a district of the metropolitan municipality City of Johannesburg in South Africa . It belongs to the city region F, the inner city of Johannesburg. Immediately to the east is New Doornfontein, which, like Doornfontein , is defined as a subplace .

geography

Doornfontein ( Afrikaans ; German roughly: "source of thorns") is located a little east of the center of Johannesburg. In 2011, 4484 people lived there on an area of ​​0.46 km². To the east lies the New Doornfontein district with 2022 inhabitants on 0.89 km².

Doornfontein is east of Johannesburg Central Railway Station, Park Station . North and northwest of Doornfontein is the Hillbrow district , northeast Berea, east Troyeville and south Marshalltown. Southeast of Marshalltown and thus south of Doornfontein is the subplace North Doornfontein with 22 inhabitants.

history

Doornfontein was the name of a farm founded in 1863. The district of the same name was created in the southern part of the farm in 1887, after the area was declared a public gold field in 1886 . Designed by Thomas Yeo in the late 1880s, it became Johannesburg's first residential suburb. New Doornfontein was established in 1889. In 1897 the mining magnate Barney Barnato acquired the rights to the place. After the Second Boer War , many residents moved to Parktown ; numerous Jewish immigrants settled in Doornfontein. After the Great Depression in 1929, many houses were sold to speculators and fell into disrepair. As a result, industrial parks were established there.

Buildings

In Doornfontein there are mainly modern buildings, but also historical structures, for example from the time when the Jews were settled. Much of New Doornfontein is taken up by the Witwatersrand Techikon , Ellis Park Stadium and the Johannesburg Stadium .

traffic

The Motorway 31 (M31) separates Doornfontein New Doornfontein. Both parts of the city are served by the Gauteng Metrorail in passenger traffic ( Doornfontein and Ellis Park stations ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 New Doornfontein Census , accessed February 26, 2018
2. ↑ Doornfontein 2011 census , accessed on February 26, 2018
3. ^ 2011 North Doornfontein Census , accessed February 26, 2018
4. ^ ^{A b} Trees tell the rich history of Joburg. Mail & Guardian dated December 3, 2012, accessed February 26, 2018