Lehavot HaBashan

Lehavot HaBashan
Lehavot HaBashan ; לְהֲבוֹת הַבָּשָׁן‎
	Lehavot HaBashan
	Coordinates: 33°8′29″N 35°38′48″E
Country	Israel
District	Northern
Council	Upper Galilee
Affiliation	Kibbutz Movement
Founded	1945
Founded by	Hashomer Hatzair members and German and Polish Jewish refugees
Population (2019)[1]	915
Name meaning	Flames of the Bashan

Lehavot HaBashan (Hebrew: לְהֲבוֹת הַבָּשָׁן‎, lit. Flames of the Bashan) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.[2] Located in the Hula Valley around ten kilometres southeast of Kiryat Shmona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 915.[1]

History

The village was established in 1945 on land which had formally belonged to Kibbutz Amir,[3] by former Hashomer Hatzair members and the Lehavot gar'in, which was composed of immigrants from Germany and Poland brought to the country by Youth Aliyah. Kibbutz Amir had moved north in 1942, to land bought from another Arab village, al-Dawwara, in order to avoid the winter floods.

One of them was Dov Zakin, later a member of the Knesset. In 1947 the kibbutz moved to its present location. The name is derived from that of the founders' gar'in, together with the Golan Heights, also known as Bashan Mountains, which overlook the kibbutz.

The original Lehavot HaBasham under construction 1945

Economy

LVT, a fire protection equipment manufacturer that specializes in the development of fire protection and suppression systems for the military, industrial, and commercial sectors, is located on Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan.[4]

Notable residents

References

"Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
11 students set to study on a kibbutz, New York Times
See early 1940s Survey of Palestine map at: File:Historical map series for the area of al-Hamra' (1940s with modern overlay).jpg
LVT High Tech Fire Protection Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine

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[Israelpopulations-1] "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] 11 students set to study on a kibbutz, New York Times

[3] See early 1940s Survey of Palestine map at: File:Historical map series for the area of al-Hamra' (1940s with modern overlay).jpg

[4] LVT High Tech Fire Protection Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine