SAXONWOLD
It was laid out on the farm Braamfontein and proclaimed on 11 March 1925. The area was originally bought by the Eckstein mining group and planted in the 1890’s with millions of pine and gum trees by Eduard Lippert, an expert from Sachsenwald in Germany. Saxonwold (Saxon forest) is the anglicisation of the German name.
Marienhof/ Onderkoppies
Marienhof/ Onderkoppies, Oxford rd between Ettrick & Waltham St – In 1890 Eduard Lippert bought part of the farm Braamfontein and built a farmhouse. Named it Marienhof after his wife Marie’s death. Lippert started a plantation called Sachsenwald to supply timber to the mines. He assisted the Boers to buy guns from Germany. He left the Transvaal at the outbreak of the war Albert Victor Lindbergh, co-founder in 1892 of the Central News Agency (CNA) bought Marienhof in 1916 and changed the name. After her husband’s death in 1939, Gladys Lindbergh continued living here until her house was expropriated and demolished 1n 1969 for the motorway. Parts of the stone garden walls, and entrance gates remain.
SA National Museum of Military History
SA National Museum of Military History – Erlswold Way – This museum exhibits armoured vehicles, aeroplanes and military artefacts. Mainly from WWI, WWII and thereafter. The museum officially opened on 29 August 1947 by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Field Marshal JC Smuts. The museum may be regarded as a memorial.
