Saxonwold
Saxonwold is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated in what was once the Sachsenwald Forest in the early 20th century. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Edwin Lutyens, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South African National Museum of Military History and Johannesburg Zoo.
South African National Museum of Military History
Museum
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg was officially opened by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on 29 August 1947 to preserve the history of South Africa's involvement in the Second World War.
Johannesburg Zoo
Zoo
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.
Zoo Lake
Park
Photo: Dyltong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosebank and Greenside.
Rosebank
Town
Photo: Jeppestown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosebank is a cosmopolitan commercial and residential suburb to the north of central Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and is the location of a Gautrain station.
Greenside
Suburb
Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park. Greenside is situated 2½ km west of Saxonwold.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town. Parktown is situated 3 km southwest of Saxonwold.
Saxonwold
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Gauteng, South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.15833° or 26° 9′ 30″ southLongitude
28.03944° or 28° 2′ 22″ eastElevation
1,676 metres (5,499 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA ZGDOpen location code
5G5CR2RQ+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 252026933OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8030434Wikidata ID
Q7428860
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Saxonwold” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Saxonwold”
- Asturian: “Saxonwold”
- Dutch: “Saxonwold”
- German: “Saxonwold”
- Turkish: “Saxonwold”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saxonwold”. Photo: Edwin Lutyens, Public domain.