Hod HaSharon

Not to be confused with Ramat HaSharon.
Hod-HaSharon
הוד־השרון
City (since 1990)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Hod ha-Šaron
 • TransliterationHod Ha'Sharon
 • TransliterationHod HaSharon
Official logo of Hod-HaSharon
Hod-HaSharon is located in Central Israel
Hod-HaSharon
Hod-HaSharon
Hod-HaSharon is located in Israel
Hod-HaSharon
Hod-HaSharon
Coordinates: 32°09′N 34°53′E / 32.150°N 34.883°E / 32.150; 34.883
Country Israel
DistrictCentral
Founded1964
Government
 • MayorAmir Kochavi
Area
 • Total
19,236 dunams (19.236 km2 or 7.427 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total
65,614
 • Density3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Ethnicity
[1]
 • Jews and others99.9%
 • Arabs0.1%
Name meaningSplendor of the Sharon [region]
Websitehttp://www.hod-hasharon.muni.il/

Hod HaSharon (Hebrew: הוד־השרון, lit. 'Splendor of the Sharon [region]')[2] is a city in the Central District of Israel. The city is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the Mediterranean coastline, south of Kfar Saba, southeast of Ra'anana, and northeast of Ramat HaSharon. In 2022 Hod-HaSharon had a population of 65,614[1] and its citizens are nearly entirely Jewish.[1][2]

Hod HaSharon was officially formed and made a local council in 1964 by the merging of four moshavot: Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar, and Ramat Hadar.[3] The land area of Hod HaSharon is 19.2 square kilometres (7.4 sq mi),[4] and according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2022 the city had a population of 65,614.[1]

History

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Four Seasons Park
Magdiel garden

Hod HaSharon is home to Tel Qana, an archeological site inhabited in the Early, Middle, and Late Bronze Ages, Iron Age I–II, and the Persian, Roman, and Byzantine periods.[5]

A 1,300-year-old olive oil factory, of mason-worked blocks, was unearthed in Hod HaSharon. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the size of the press suggested it was meant for commercial production, rather than local or personal use."[6]

Before the 20th century, the area of Hod HaSharon formed part of the Forest of Sharon, a hallmark of the region's historical landscape; the landscape was an open woodland, dominated by sections of Mount Tabor oak (Quercus ithaburensis), extending from Kfar Yona in the north to Ra'anana in the south. Traditionally, the local Arab inhabitants used the area for pasture, firewood and intermittent cultivation. The intensification of settlement and agriculture on the coastal plain during the 19th century led to deforestation and subsequent environmental degradation, known from Hebrew sources.[7]

In 1964, Hod HaSharon was created through a merger of Magdiel with Hadar Ramatayim, an administrative body which encompassed the former moshavot of Ramatayim, Hadar and Ramat Hadar.[8] Hod Hasharon was governed by a local council until it was declared a city in April 1990.[9]

Magdiel

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Magdiel was founded on 2 August 1924, by a group of twelve Ashkenazi families. They received a plot of land from Yehoshua Hankin, which they cultivated and prepared for farming.[9] Magdiel was established as a moshava, starting on 4,000 dunams of land purchased near the Arab village of Biyar 'Adas. The initial population included Jewish immigrants from Russia, Poland and Lithuania, later joined by a group from the Netherlands.[10]

Ramatayim

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Atidim park

Ramatayim was founded in July 1925 by immigrants from Poland.[3] It was founded on the principle of private initiative. Ramatayim was built on two hills connected by a valley, hence the name Ramatayim, literally 'two hills'.[9] According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Ramatayim had a population of 180, in 31 houses.[11] In 1949, Ramatayim became the first local council to be established in Israel.[8]

Hadar

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Hadar was established in 1927 by Yael Leah Eichhorn, a middle-class immigrant from Eastern Europe, who was joined soon thereafter by a group of Italian Jews.[3] The land was purchased from the Abou Kishk Bedouin tribe. The pioneers decided to build a rural settlement founded on citrus farming (hence the village's name, "Hadar", Hebrew for "citrus"). In its early years, the farmers of Hadar also engaged in poultry farming. According to the 1931 census, Hadar had 71 inhabitants, all Jews, in 23 houses.[11] In the early 1940s, Yemenite immigrants moved to Hadar, establishing the Shikun Hateymanim quarter, today part of the Gannei Tzvi neighborhood.[9] In 1951, Ramatayim and Hadar merged to form Hadar Ramatayim.[3] In April 1956, the boundaries of Hadar Ramatayim were extended to include the ma'abara of Ganei Tzvi, established in the end of 1948 Arab–Israeli War as Kfar Nitzahon, and renamed earlier in 1956 after Lord Harry (Tzvi) Morris of Kenwood, a major donor of the Jewish National Fund.[12][13]

Ramat Hadar

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Ramat Hadar was established in December 1938 by middle-class immigrants fleeing from Nazi Germany, members of the Fifth Aliyah.[3] Ramat Hadar was built on a hill south of Hadar, near the main road from Petah Tikva to Ramatayim (nowadays road 402). The economy of Ramat Hadar was based on small farms, mainly poultry,[9] as well as citrus orchards. Ramat Hadar had its own post office from 1959 til 1989. In 1963, Ramat Hadar became part of Hadar Ramatayim.[8]

  • Ramatayim 1942 1:20,000
    Ramatayim 1942 1:20,000
  • Hadar 1942 1:20,000
    Hadar 1942 1:20,000
  • Ramatayim 1945
    Ramatayim 1945
  • Hadar 1945 1:250,000
    Hadar 1945 1:250,000

Demographics

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In 2006, the ethnic makeup of the city was 99.9% Jewish, with no significant Arab population. The population density of Hod HaSharon is the lowest in the Sharon Plain.[9] The population growth rate in 2006 was 3.3%.[4] According to the CBS, as of 2005, there were 18,612 salaried workers and 2,006 are self-employed in the city.[4]

Schools and religious institutions

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Magdiel Great synagogue
Sharonim mall

According to the CBS, there are 18 schools and 8,083 students in the city: 12 elementary schools: The Democratic School, HaMagen, Yigal Alon, Lapid, Shilo, Mamlachti Alef, Neve Ne'eman, Rabin, Re'ut, Tali, Ha'Yarok in the name of Ariel Sharon, and Begin (4,406 students). 4 middle schools: HaRishonim, HaShachar, Atidim and Tzurim (1,628 students). A fifth middle school, HaShkimim opened in 2018. 5 high schools: Hadarim, Alexander Muss High School in Israel, Ramon, Mosenson and Na'amat (2,049 students). A sixth high school named HaShikmim was opened in 2021. 71.7% of the city's 12th graders were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001.[4]

Mosenson Youth Village accepts both Israelis and overseas students.[14] The Alexander Muss High School in Israel, run by the Jewish National Fund (JNF), offers a program for American high school students who spend two months to a year in Israel. Each year, the senior class of the Charles E Smith Jewish Day School (located in Rockville, Maryland a suburb of Washington DC) come to The Alexander Muss High School in Israel for the second semester and approximately half of the tenth grade class from the Milken Community High School in Los Angeles, CA, come to Hod Hasharon to study for a semester along with this program.

Transport

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Hod HaSharon is roughly bounded by Highway 531 in the north, Highway 40 in the east, Highway 5 in the south and Highway 4 in the west. Road 402 runs through the city. The city is served by two railway stations, Hod HaSharon Sokolov and Kfar Sava Nordau at its north border, right next to Highway 531. Line M1 of the Tel Aviv Metro, that is expected to be built in the 2030-s, is expected to pass through Western Hod HaSharon.

Hod Hasharon Park

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Hod Hasharon Park is a park in southern Hod Hasharon. The park contains a hill, which was formerly used as the municipal landfill of Hod Hasharon, and is now used as a hiking and observation area of the park. From the top of the hill, one can see Hod Hasharon, the settlements of the Drom HaSharon Regional Council, Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Samaria.

Near the hill, the largest ecological lake in Israel was established, with an area of around 27,000m2. Near the lake, there is a variety of waterfowl, herons, geese, ducks and songbirds. In the water. African softshell turtles, nutria and fish of various types have been observed.

  • The ecological lake
    The ecological lake
  • Sustainability hill
    Sustainability hill

Notable people

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Supermodel Bar Refaeli grew up in Hod-HaSharon

Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Hod HaSharon is twinned with:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "קובץ הרשויות המקומיות בישראל - 2018". www.cbs.gov.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Encyclopedia Judaica, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972, Vol. 8, p. 802, "Hod Ha-Sharon"
  4. ^ a b c d "Local Authorities in Israel 2011, Publication #1315 – Municipality Profiles – Hod HaSharon" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Tel Qana – Biblical Archaeology – Maps and Findings". Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "1,300 Year-Old Olive Oil Factory Excavated in Israel". Olive Oil Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.- Retrieved 2018-07-14
  7. ^ Marom, Roy (1 December 2022). "יער השרון (אל-ע'אבה) בתקופה העות'מאנית: בתקופה מהמחקר חדשות תובנות הגיאוגרפי-היסטורי The Oak Forest of the Sharon (al-Ghaba) in the Ottoman Period: New Insights from Historical- Geographical Studies". Muse. 5: 90–107. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b c אבי-הר שגיא, ed. (1990). האנציקלופדיה לשלטון המקומי בישראל. Vol. מועצות מקומיות א'. Beersheba: הר-שגיא.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Identity Card". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  10. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, 1972, Vol. 8, p. 802, "Hod Ha-Sharon"
  11. ^ a b Mills, 1932, p. 15
  12. ^ "⁨כפר _הנצחון ייקרא "גני צבי" ⁩ | ⁨דבר⁩ | 31 ינואר 1956 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  13. ^ "⁨גני צב* _עצלותי הרי (צבי) מוריכו ⁩ | ⁨דבר⁩ | 18 אפריל 1956 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Mosenson youth village". Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  15. ^ "Partnerstädte und Partnerschaften" (in German). Dorsten. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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