Kvutzat Shiller

Kvutzat Shiller
קבוצת שילר‎
Kvutzat Shiller
Coordinates: 31°52′40.44″N 34°47′55.67″E / 31.8779000°N 34.7987972°E / 31.8779000; 34.7987972Coordinates: 31°52′40.44″N 34°47′55.67″E / 31.8779000°N 34.7987972°E / 31.8779000; 34.7987972
District Central
Council Brenner
Affiliation Kibbutz Movement
Founded October 1927
Founded by Polish immigrants
Population (2015)[1] 518
Website www.shiller.org.il

Kvutzat Shiller (Hebrew: קבוצת שילר‎), also known as Gan Shlomo (Hebrew: גַּן שְׁלֹמֹה‎, lit. Solomon's Garden) is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 518.[1]

History

The kibbutz was founded as a kvutza in October 1927 by a group of 12 academics from Lviv and Galicia and their six children. This was after the group had spent two years of agricultural training in Kiryat Anavim. The new settlement was named after Shlomo Shiller, a Zionist activist in Lviv.

In the early 1930s the residents requested more land to expand the kibbutz. The authorities agreed but demanded that the village adopt a Hebrew name. Although the name Gan Shlomo was approved by the authorities and is still used on official maps and documents, the residents still refer to it by its original name.

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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