| Kiryat Tiv'on | |
| Hebrew | קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן |
| Government | Local council (from 1958) |
| Also spelled | Qiryat Tiv'on (officially) |
| District | Haifa |
| Population | 16,000 (2007) |
| Jurisdiction | 8,419 dunams (8. Local councils (מועצה מקומית moetza mekomit) are one of the three types of Local government found in Israel, with the other two being There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as mehozot (מחוזות singular mahoz) and fifteen Haifa District (מחוז חיפה Mehoz Ḥeifa) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of Area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used in various standardized versions 4 km²) |
| Head of municipality | Alon Navot |
Kiryat Tiv'on (Hebrew: קִרְיַת טִבְעוֹן, also Qiryat Tiv'on) is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, in the hills between the Zvulun and Jezreel valleys. Haifa District (מחוז חיפה Mehoz Ḥeifa) is an administrative district surrounding the city of Haifa, Israel. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Jezreel Valley (עמק יזרעאל Emek Yizrael) is a large fertile plain and inland valley in the south of the Lower Galilee region of Israel Kiryat Tiv'on is situated 15 km southeast of Haifa, on the main road to Nazareth. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with Nazareth (ˈnæzərəθ (נָצְרַת Hebrew Natz'rat or Natzeret, الناصرة an-Nāṣira or an-Naseriyye) is the capital and largest On the outskirts of Tiv'on is a Bedouin township called Basmat Tab'un. The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (ar بدوي pl badū) are a desert-dwelling Arab Nomadic pastoralist, or previously Kiryat Tivon has a population of 16,000. [1]
The symbol of Kiryat Tiv'on is the cyclamen, a flower that grows between the rocks, reflecting the town's appreciation of nature and its efforts to preserve the landscape and safeguard the environment. Cyclamen is a Genus of 20 Species of Flowering plants traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae, but in recent years [2]
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History
Kiryat Tiv'on was established in 1958, merging three smaller settlements: Tiv'on (founded in 1947), Kiryat Amal (founded in 1937), and Elro'i (founded in 1935). Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kiryat Haroshet, founded by a rabbi from Jablona, Poland who settled there with his followers in 1935), became part of Kiryat Tivon in 1979. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
Dov Patishi who helped to found Kiryat Amal, was also instrumental in the establishment of Kiryat Tiv'on.
Tiv'on was built on land owned by a British Jewish couple who bought the land in early 1945. It was later developed by the Jewish National Fund based on an urban plan drawn up by Alexander Klein, a Russian Jewish architect who was commissioned by the Jewish National Fund. The Jewish National Fund ( Hebrew: קרן קימת לישראל Keren Kayemet LeYisrael) (abbreviated as JNF, and sometimes KKL) was founded The Jewish National Fund ( Hebrew: קרן קימת לישראל Keren Kayemet LeYisrael) (abbreviated as JNF, and sometimes KKL) was founded [3]
The town is best known for the national park, Beit She'arim, which borders it on the southwest. Beit She'arim (בֵּית שְׁעָרִים also known as Beth She'arim, is the archeological site of a Jewish town and Necropolis. Beit Shearim was an important Jewish spiritual center and necropolis during the Roman period, and was once the seat of the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly
Twin cities
References
- ^ http://www.ktv.org.il/ Municipality website
- ^ http://www.ktv.org.il/ Municipality website
- ^ Revista Morashá - Artigos
See also
Notable residents
- David Elazar, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
- Mordechai Gur, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces
- Rina Mor, lawyer and Miss Universe in 1976. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany. Compiègne is a commune in the Oise département of France, of which it is a Sous-préfecture. Alexander Zaid (1886 − July 10, 1938) was one of the founders of the Jewish defense organizations Bar Giora and Hashomer, and a prominent figure David "Dado" Elazar (1925 – 1976 was the ninth Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, serving in that capacity from 1972 to 1974 Lt Gen Mordechai "Motta" Gur (מרדכי "מוטה" גור born 6 May 1930, died 16 July 1995) was an Israeli Rina Mor (רינה מור surname originally Messinger, now Mor-Goder; b Miss Universe is an annual international Beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization.
External links
- Municipality website (Hebrew)
- Aleh Tivon environmental group(Hebrew)
- New version of old self-defense group guards Jewish farmlands
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