Bat Shlomo
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Bat Shlomo
| founded = 1889
| founded_by = {{nowrap|Villagers from Zikhron Ya'akov}}
| image= BatShlomo6967.JPG
| caption= Bat Shlomo as seen from Zikhron Ya'akov
| imgsize= 250
| hebname={{Script/Hebrew|בָּת שְׁלֹמֹה}}
| district = haifa
| council = Hof HaCarmel
| affiliation = Hitahdut HaIkarim
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Bat Shelomo}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map=Israel haifa |pushpin_mapsize=250
| coordinates = {{coord|32|35|49|N|35|0|12|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
Bat Shlomo ({{langx|he|בָּת שְׁלֹמֹה||Salomon's Daughter}}) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the southern slopes of Mount Carmel near Binyamina and Zikhron Ya'akov, it originally was built on 8,068 dunams of land.{{cite book | title=Jewish Villages in Israel | author=Jewish National Fund | year=1949 | publisher=Hamadpis Liphshitz Press | location=Jerusalem | pages=11–12}} It falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council and had a population of {{Israel populations|Bat Shelomo}} in {{Israel populations|Year}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
History
The village was established in 1889 as a daughter-settlement of Zichron Ya'akov, funded by Baron Rothschild, on land purchased from the Arab village of Umm al-Tut.{{Cite journal|last=Marom|first=Roy|title=The Abu Hameds of Mulabbis: An Oral History of a Palestinian Village Depopulated in the Late Ottoman Period|url=https://www.academia.edu/49228200|journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies|date=January 2021 |language=en|volume=48|issue=1 |pages=2}} It was named after Betty von Rothschild, the daughter of Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (the Baron's uncle and grandfather).Hareuveni, Imanuel (2010). [https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#167.1004.6.default Eretz Israel Lexicon] (in Hebrew). Matach. p. 166. According to a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Bat Shlomo had a population of 66 inhabitants, consisting of 53 Jews and 13 Muslims.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922|title=Palestine Census ( 1922)|via=Internet Archive}}
By 1947 it had a population of 100. In 1951 a moshav was established by Transylvanian and Yemenite immigrants adjacent to the original village.{{Cite web
| title = Bat Shlomo
| work = Women on the Map
| accessdate = 2009-03-01
| url = http://www.women.org.il/index2.php?id=7&lang=ENG
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144150/http://www.women.org.il/index2.php?id=7&lang=ENG
| archive-date = 2011-07-21
| url-status = dead
}}
Economy
The moshav was a major grape supplier to the Carmel Winery until the 1970s, when it started producing loquats. In 2010 Bat Shlomo Vineyards, a boutique winery, was established by Elie Wurtman and Ari Erle.
References
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{{Hof HaCarmel Regional Council}}
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Category:Populated places established in 1889
Category:Jewish villages in Mandatory Palestine
Category:Populated places in Haifa District
Category:1889 establishments in the Ottoman Empire