Bnei Atarot ( Hebrew בני עטרות ) is a moshav located in central Israel , between the city of Yehud and Ben Gurion Airport . Administratively refers to the regional council of Hevel-Modiin [1] .
| Moshav | |
| Bnei Atarot | |
|---|---|
| Heb. בני עטרות | |
| A country |  Israel |
| County | Central |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1948 |
| Square | |
| Height above sea level | 51 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 972 people ( 2018 ) |
| Nationalities | the Jews |
History
Bnei Atarot is located on the territory of the former Wilhelma Templar colony ( German Wilhelma ) [2] , created in 1902 and named after the German Emperor Wilhelm II . During World War II, German settlers in Mandatory Palestine were arrested as enemy citizens and deported to the UK. [3]
Moshav was founded in 1948 during the War of Independence by refugees from the settlements of Atarot (north of Jerusalem ), Nechlim in the Upper Galilee and Beerot Yitzhak in the Negev . Most of the original houses of the German colony have been preserved.
In 1994, Nakhshon Waxman was kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists at the Bnei Atarot intersection.
Population
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel , the population at the beginning of 2018 was 972 people [4] .
Notes
- ↑ List of settlements of the Hevel-Modiin Regional Council Archived March 20, 2012 on Wayback Machine (Hebrew)
- ↑ Bnei Atarot Story Archived August 1, 2010 on Wayback Machine (Hebrew)
- ↑ The nine lives of the Lorenz Cafe (English)
- ↑ Official data on Israeli settlements on 12/31/2017 (Hebrew) . Central Bureau of Statistics of Israel . Date of treatment December 27, 2018.