Lorentzville | |
|---|---|
  Lorentzville  Lorentzville | |
| Coordinates:26°11′24″S28°04′08″E / 26.190°S 28.069°E /-26.190; 28.069 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Gauteng |
| Municipality | City of Johannesburg |
| Main Place | Johannesburg |
| Established | 1892 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.40 km2 (0.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,032 |
| • Density | 7,600/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 90.0% |
| • Coloured | 4.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 2.8% |
| • White | 2.3% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Zulu | 27.5% |
| • English | 19.2% |
| • Southern Ndebele | 10.2% |
| • Xhosa | 7.4% |
| • Other | 35.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 2094 |
Lorentzville is asuburb ofJohannesburg,South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), tucked between the suburbs ofBertrams andJudith's Paarl, withTroyeville to the south. It is located in Region F of theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
The suburb was founded on one of the original farms on the Witwatersrand, after a strip of land was sold from the farmDoornfontein.[2]: 158 The suburbs name has its origins in the name of the Lorentz family, who had lived both inPretoria and on theWitwatersrand in theBezuidenhout Valley.[2]: 156 JG van Boeschoten, J. Lorentz and R.F. Bertram would purchase the land.[3]: 173 It was laid out from 1892 but was later resurveyed in 1902.[4][3]: 173
It was previously a predominantlyworking classJewish suburb and became associated with prominent Jewish South Africans such asSol Kerzner andWilliam Kentridge.[5] It was home to the Lorentzville Shul, formally known as the Bertrams Hebrew Congregation, which now operates as an art studio.[6] It later became a hub for thePortuguese South African community, before becoming multi-ethnic.[5]
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