Shavei Tzion

This article is about the moshav. For the Jewish return to the Land of Israel, see The Return to Zion.

Shavei Tzion שָׁבֵי צִיּוֹן‎
Building the stockade in 1938. Building the stockade in 1938.
Shavei Tzion
Coordinates:
Council	Mateh Asher
Region	Galilee
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	13 April 1938
Founded by	German immigrants
Name meaning	Returnees to Zion

Shavei Tzion (Hebrew: שָׁבֵי צִיּוֹן‎, lit. Returnees to Zion) is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 654.

The village was established on 13 April 1938 as part of the tower and stockade settlement scheme. Its founders, immigrants from Rexingen in Germany, had arrived during the Fifth Aliyah. Shavei Tzion is considered one up the most beautiful town in the Galilee due to the proximity to the Mediterranean Sea.

Seven of the Acre Prison break fighters who were killed during the operation are buried in the local cemetery.

A memorial was erected on the beach in 1999, commemorating the death of 12 IDF soldiers in an operation in Lebanon and an old ship of the Israeli Navy, Kidon, was sunk as an additional memorial and tourist attraction.

Archaeology

In 1955, remains of an ancient church were found along the beach path the lead from Acre to Tyre and was dated to the 4th century. The excavations were led by Moshe Prausnitz and the finding included Mosaic floors and walls as well as remains of Artesian aquifer.

Twin towns – Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Shavei Tzion has a friendship relationship with:

• Stuttgart, Germany

External links

• Shave Zion Archive - Younes & Soraya Nasarian Library, University of Haifa.

Photo gallery

• Shavei Tzion cemetery.jpg

  Tombstone of Acre Prison break fighters

• IDF Marine Commando Disaster Memorial-5.JPG

  IDF Marine Commando Disaster Memorial

• Swastikas in byzantine Church in Shavei-Zion, Israel.jpg

  Mosaic

• Shaveziyyon1.jpg

  Synagogue

References

• ynet.Nadav Mann - 70 years to Shavei Zion
• ynet.Nadav Mann - 70 years to Shavei Zion, part 2

• http://www.calcalist.co.il/real_estate/articles/0,7340,L-3617235,00.html
• http://www.ozrothagalil.org.il/atar_page.aspx?id=51
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