Kiryat Motzkin

Kiryat Motzkin (Hebrew קריית מוצקין, Arabic كريات موتسكين ) is a named after Leo Motzkin city in Israel.

It is located between Haifa and Akko and, together with several other cities, the metropolitan area HaKrajot. Kiryat Motzkin was founded in 1934 and had approximately 39,600 inhabitants in September 2003. The status of a city she received in 1976.

Twin Cities

• United States Tacoma, (USA, Washington)
• Germany Bad Segeberg ( Germany, Schleswig -Holstein)
• Germany Landkreis Bad Kreuznach ( Germany, Rhineland -Palatinate )
• Hungary Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Gonen Segev ( born 1956 ), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset, Israeli Minister of Energy (1995-1996)
• Eldad Regev (1980-2006), an Israeli soldier whose kidnapping in 2006 was the triggers of the Second Lebanon War.

Freeman

• Hans Schumm (1927-2007), German local politician