Herzliya
Herzliya (Hebrew הרצליה [ hɛrtsɛ'lija ], Arabic هيرتزيليا ) is a city in Israel.
Location
Herzlia is located about 15 km north of Tel Aviv on the Mediterranean in the Plain of Sharon. It belongs to the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, located in the Israeli Tel Aviv District. The city is popular with tourists, not only because of the many hotels, but also because of the marina.
History
Herzliya was founded on 23 November 1924 by seven people as Moschawa. It is located near the ruins of Crusader Arsuf and is named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.
After the establishment of Israel in 1948, the population grew rapidly and Herzlia got an urban character.
On April 11, 1960 Herzlia got the status of a municipality.
On 11 June 2002, a Palestinian Selbstmordattettäter the Al -Aqsa Brigades killed the 14 - year-old schoolgirl Hadar Hershkowitz in a restaurant. 15 other people were injured.
Belongs to this community villa area Herzlia Pituach. In this quarter a number of ambassadors, entrepreneurs and other high -ranking personalities live. The city of Tel Aviv can be reached from there in about 15 minutes.
Population
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics indicates at the censuses of November 8, 1948 May 22, 1961, May 19, 1972 June 4, 1983, November 4, 1995 and December 28, 2008, the following Herzlia population figures:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Yigal Amir, (* 1970) murderer of Yitzhak Rabin
- Miri Mesika (born 1978 ), pop singer
- Yehuda Levi ( born 1979 ) actor, musician and model
- Alona Tal ( b. 1983 ), singer and actress
Mayor
Twinning
- Hollywood (Florida ), United States
- Jeroham, Israel
- Tayyibe, Israel
- Yangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Marl, North Rhine -Westphalia, Germany, since 1981
- San Bernardino (California ), California, USA since 1988
- Toulon, France since 1989
- Alicante, Spain since 1989
- Funchal, Madeira, Portugal since 1991
- Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine since 1992
- Columbus ( Ohio), USA since 1994
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia since 1996
- Bursa, Turkey since 1997
- San Isidro ( Buenos Aires ), Argentina since 1997
- Leipzig, Saxony, Germany since 2011
Pictures
When traveling from Haifa to Tel Aviv, you can discover this monument for Theodor Herzl in Herzliya on the left side of the road
The marina