Nir Galim

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Nir Galim
נִיר גַּלִּים
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Basic data
hebrew : נִיר גַּלִּים
State : IsraelIsrael Israel
District : Central
Founded : 1949
Coordinates : 31 ° 49 ′  N , 34 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 49 ′ 29 "  N , 34 ° 41 ′ 0"  E
Height : 21  m
 
Residents : 1373 (as of: 2018)
 
Community code : 0720
Time zone : UTC + 2
 
Community type: settlement
Nir Galim .mw-parser-output .Hebr {font-size: 115%} נִיר גַּלִּים (Israel)
Nir Galim .mw-parser-output .Hebr {font-size: 115%} נִיר גַּלִּים
Nir Galim
נִיר גַּלִּים

Nir Galim ( Hebrew נִיר גַּלִּים; German: Neuland der Wasserwellen) is a settlement in the Chevel Javne regional association in Israel. She was named Moshav Shitufi ( Hebrew מושב שיתופי) and was originally called Nir weGal ( Hebrew ניר וגל; German: fertile land (new land) and water wave ). The founders were Holocaust survivors from Hungary and Eastern Europe, including twins who had survived Josef Mengele's human experiments . 1,373 people live in the settlement (as of 2018).

In 2009 the Bet haEdut Holocaust memorial was opened in Nir Galim (מוזיאון בית העדות למורשת הציונות הדתית וזיכרון השואה) set up. The sculpture miSchoa liTekuma ( Hebrew משׁוֹאָה לתְּקוּמָה; German: from the Shoah to the resurrection). The sculpture was created by Katie Steely.

Residents

The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports the following population figures for Nir Galim:

Year of the census 1961 1972 1983 1995 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016
Number of inhabitants 242 382 516 521 553 547 563 576 617 628 696 965 1,053 1,084 1,210 1,265 1.313 1,409

Individual evidence

  1. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  2. homee.co.il
  3. In the name, the work of the residents in the fields and on the nearby sea should be linked. (Hanna Bitan: 1948-1998: Fifty Years of 'Hityashvut': Atlas of Names of Settlements in Israel . Carta, 1999, ISBN 965-220-423-4 , pp. 48 . )
  4. Lucette Matalon Lagnado, Sheila Cohn Dekel: Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz . Penguin Books, USA 1992.
  5. אוכלוסייה ביישובים 2018 (population of the settlements 2018). (XLSX; 0.13 MB) Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , August 25, 2019, accessed May 11, 2020 .
  6. beit-haedut.org.il
  7. ^ Bnei Akiva celebrates museum's recognition of its pre-state work in UK . The Jerusalem Post
  8. ^ Israel Central Bureau of Statistics