Tel Aviv Founders Monument
The Tel Aviv Founders Monument was erected in 1949 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the city of Tel Aviv on the site of the offices of the Neighborhood Committee and the first water tower . The monument shows the development of the city and also its original coat of arms, which was designed by Nachum Gutman . The memorial and the fountain commemorate the 66 families who had bought a share in the Achusat Bajit ( German house property ), which had acquired the land for the new development area, which is why each family was allocated a plot of land by lottery . The names of these families can be read on the back of the monument. The splashing of the fountain is intended to pay homage to these liquid roots of the city.
The monument is now part of Tel Aviv's Independence Path, which begins with the founding of Tel Aviv in 1909 and ends with the founding of Israel in 1948, and tries to depict the most important steps in this development. The members of the National Council , elected executive of the Jewish Palestinians , declared Israel's independence on May 14, 1948 within sight of the founding monument in the former house of Mayor Dizengoff , at that time the seat of the Tel Aviv Art Museum . Like the path, the monument also shows the different phases of urban development.
Figure on the monument
On the front, which faces east, you can see a bronze relief designed by Aharon Priver , which shows the development of the city in three layers. The lower layer shows the sand dunes and wild animals that were in front of the city in Tel Aviv, as well as the city's first residents digging a well. The middle layer shows the first houses, mostly single-storey houses, in Tel Aviv. The top layer shows the Tel Aviv of 1949 with specific landmarks and the Tel Aviv of the future as it was imagined at the time.
Under the tablet is the Bible verse : “Behold, I am bringing them home from the north, and gathering them from the ends of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, pregnant women and women who have recently given birth; they return here as a large congregation. ”( Jeremiah 31.8 EU ).
The logo on the right shows a unique symbol - a lighthouse which , according to Gutman, symbolizes the goal pursued by the city's founders: that Tel Aviv "will be a gateway for immigrants and a light for the nations".
Historical background
On April 11, 1909, 66 families, including the 11-year-old Nachum Gutman with his own, gathered not far outside Jaffa on the Mediterranean coast on the Karam Sheikh Jibali sand dune ( Arabic كرم شيخ جبالي, DMG Karam Šaīḫ Ǧibālī , Weinberg Sheikh Dschibalis ') in the size of 222 non-metric dunams and awarded a stone with the number of one of the properties to a stone with the name of one of the families. This establishes the foundation of Tel Aviv and the monument is built on the spot where the lottery took place. This is also where the first well was drilled by Achusat Bajit ; later a water tower was built, which also served as the first town hall.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Founders Monument | Tel Aviv, Israel Attractions. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Independence Trail Tel Aviv - שביל העצמאות תל אביב. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
- ^ The Independence Trail. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Joachim Schlör , Tel Aviv - from dream to city: Journey through culture and history , Frankfurt am Main: Insel, 1999, (= Insel Taschenbuch; Vol. 2514), p. 45. ISBN 978-3-458-34214-4 .
- ^ Brian Schaefer: Tourist Tip # 216 / The Monument to Tel Aviv's Founders . In: Haaretz . April 21, 2013 ( Haaretz.com [accessed June 15, 2019]).
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Coordinates: 32 ° 3 ′ 47 ″ N , 34 ° 46 ′ 19 ″ E