Zikhron Ya'akov

Zichron Yaakov (Hebrew זיכרון יעקב - several different transcriptions of the name are found ) is a local association in the Israeli Haifa District at the southern end of the Carmel mountain range. In 2007, it had 17,800 inhabitants.

The city was founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants with the help of Baron Edmond de Rothschild as Moschawa. The name of the city ( "Memory of Jacob ") was Rothschild's father, Jacob Rothschild, chosen to honor.

Baron Rothschild led in the first years after the founding of the town, the planting of vines and plant a vineyard. Along the nearby coast, in today's kibbutz Nachscholim, a bottling plant was built. Even today, Israel's largest wine producer " Carmel ", which goes back to this establishment, one of his headquarters in Zichron Yaakov.

In August 1903 was held in the administration building of the JCA in Zichron Yaakov, the first Knessia, a short-lived representation of the Yishuv, under de facto line Ussishkin. A few months later, this union dissolved due to Herzl's negative stance on again.

One of the attractions Zichron Yaakov Ramat is HaNadiv (the " hill of the benefactor "). There is a park in the grave Rothschild and his wife; her remains were buried there after transferring from France on April 6, 1954.

In the city there is also the Christian Kibbutz Beth -El, who is engaged in bunker vents and filters here. This is according to the local bodies is the second largest employer in the region with about 600 Israeli workers who are not part of the kibbutz, and nearly 400 kibbutz own forces. Other locations of the kibbutz are Binyamina, Shahak, stomach and Bnei Yehuda Shaul.

Personalities

• Sarah son Aaron (1890-1917), spy