Kvutzat Shiller (), also known as Gan Shlomo, is a kibbutz in central
Israel
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. Located in the
Shephelah near
Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of
Brenner Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
The kibbutz was founded as a
kvutza in October 1927 by a group of 12 academics from
Lwów and
Galicia and their six children. This was after the group had spent two years of agricultural training in
Kiryat Anavim. The new settlement was named after Shlomo Shiller, a Zionist activist in Lwów.
In the early 1930s the residents requested more land to expand the kibbutz. The authorities agreed but demanded that the village adopt a Hebrew name. Although the name Gan Shlomo was approved by the authorities and is still used on official maps and documents, the residents still refer to it by its original name.
File:גן שלמה - מראה-JNF044592.jpeg, Gan Shlomo 1935
File:קבוצת שילר - מראה הסביבה-JNF044587.jpeg, Kvutzat Shiller 1935
File:קבוצת שילר - מראה חלקי.-JNF045621.jpeg, Kvutzat Shiller 1935
File:Rehovot 1948.jpg, Kvutzat Shiller (Qevutsat Schiller) 1948 1:20,000 (SW of Rehovot)
References
External links
Official website
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Kibbutzim
Kibbutz Movement
Populated places established in 1927
Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Polish-Jewish culture in Israel
1927 establishments in Mandatory Palestine
Ukrainian-Jewish culture in Israel