Kvutzat Shiller
{{Short description|Kibbutz in central Israel}}
{{Infobox Israel village
| name = Kvutzat Shiller
| hebname = קבוצת שילר
| image = Silo in Kvutzat Shiller.jpg
| founded = October 1927
| founded_by = Polish Jews
| country = {{ISR}}
| district = center
| council = Brenner
| affiliation = Kibbutz Movement
| popyear = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population = {{Israel populations|Gan Shelomo}}
| population_footnotes={{Israel populations|reference}}
| pushpin_map = Israel center ta#Israel |pushpin_mapsize=250 |pushpin_label_position=bottom
|coordinates = {{coord|31|52|40|N|34|47|56|E|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.shiller.org.il/default.asp? www.shiller.org.il]
}}
Kvutzat Shiller ({{Langx|he|קבוצת שילר}}), also known as Gan Shlomo, is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah near Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Gan Shelomo}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}
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
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080503195148/http://www.shiller.org.il/default.asp Official website] {{in lang|he}}
{{Brenner Regional Council}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1927
Category:Populated places in Central District (Israel)
Category:Polish-Jewish culture in Israel