| Lorentzville | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.19°N 28.069°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Johannesburg |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1892 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.40 |
| Population Total: | 3032 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 90.0% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 4.8% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 2.8% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 2.3% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.1% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 27.5% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | English |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 19.2% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Southern Ndebele |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 10.2% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Xhosa |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 7.4% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 35.6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2094 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Lorentzville is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is a small suburb found on the eastern edge of the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), tucked between the suburbs of Bertrams and Judith's Paarl, with Troyeville to the south. It is located in Region F of the City 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 farm Doornfontein. The suburbs name has its origins in the name of the Lorentz family, who had lived both in Pretoria and on the Witwatersrand in the Bezuidenhout Valley.[2] JG van Boeschoten, J. Lorentz and R.F. Bertram would purchase the land.[3] It was laid out from 1892 but was later resurveyed in 1902.[4] [3]
It was previously a predominantly working class Jewish suburb and became associated with prominent Jewish South Africans such as Sol Kerzner and William 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 the Portuguese South African community, before becoming multi-ethnic.[5]