Lüneburg (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 27 ° 19 ′ S , 30 ° 39 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| KwaZulu-Natal | |||
| District | Zululand | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-KZN | ||
| local community | eDumbe | ||
| height | 1142 m | ||
| founding | 1854 | ||
 Youth Day 2019 at the church building of the Peter-Pauls parish, Lüneburg
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Lüneburg is a place in KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . It belongs to the municipality eDumbe and is north of Vryheid and northwest of Paulpietersburg .
The place was founded by German Lutherans in 1854, settled and named after the German city of Lüneburg .
Lüneburg is located in a rural, undeveloped area near the Pongolo River , which forms the border with the Mpumalanga Province here. There is a German primary school in town , where a large part of the lessons are held in German, as well as two churches. The German-speaking Evangelical-Lutheran Peter and Paul Congregation has its seat here.
The place is not listed as either a Main Place or a Sub Place , so that its population is not shown in the statistics. The postal address given is Ouderdom Farm .
Others
Other German foundations such as Braunschweig, Wittenberg, Erfpach, Hildesheim and Augsburg are located near Lüneburg .
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in Southern African Place Names , accessed on November 20, 2015
- ↑ a b Tourist information at sa-venues.com (English), accessed on November 21, 2015
- ↑ Rajend Mesthrie: Languages in South Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002, ISBN 0521791057 , p. 151. Excerpts from books.google.de
- ↑ Chronicle of the Congregation from 1984 , accessed on November 21, 2015
- ↑ List of neighboring locations from Sunkelsdrif near Lüneburg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 21, 2015
