Gedera

Gederah (Hebrew גדרה, modern Hebrew pronunciation [ gedeʀa ]; . Dtsch " hurdle " to Jos 15,36 EU a place in the tribal territory of Judah Gederah - a time referred to as Katra - is founded in Palestine in 1884 by Bilu pioneers agricultural colony in the southern part of the coastal plain ( " Philistia " ) approximately in the area of the old Gederah the Hasmonean period.

As a result, it developed, long supported by Baron Rothschild and the Choveve -Zion, the city with (2007) 16 700 inhabitants.

Importantly, the situated therein, recreation and sanatorium.

Gederah today belongs to the Central District of Israel.

Personalities

  • Gila Gamliel (* 1974), politician
  • Wolfgang von Weisl ( born March 27, 1896 in Vienna, † February 24, 1974 in Gederah ), Zionist journalist
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