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This article is about the moshav. For the Jewish return to the Land of Israel, see The Return to Zion.

Shavei Tzion Template:Hebrew
Building the stockade in 1938.
Etymology: Returnees to Zion
Country	Israel
Council	Mateh Asher
Region	Galilee
Affiliation	Agricultural Union
Founded	13 April 1938
Founded by	German immigrants

Shavei Tzion (Template:Lang-he-n, lit. Returnees to Zion) is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located between Acre and Nahariya and covering 2,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 654.

The village was established on 13 April 1938 as part of the tower and stockade settlement scheme. Its founders, immigrants from Rexingen in Germany, had arrived during the Fifth Aliyah.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Shavei Tzion has a friendship relationship with:

• Stuttgart, Germany

External links

• Shave Zion Archive - Younes & Soraya Nasarian Library, University of Haifa.

References

1. ^ Mann, Nadav (2008-07-25). "The Yishuv history: Shavei Tzion's 70th anniversary". Ynet. Retrieved 2008-07-25. Template:He icon
2. "Stuttgarter Stadtporträt/Städtepartnerschaften/Internationale Partnerschaften/Besonders freundschaftliche Beziehungen". © Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, Abteilung Außenbeziehungen (Official website of Stuttgart) (in German).

• ynet.Nadav Mann - 70 years to Shavei Zion
• ynet.Nadav Mann - 70 years to Shavei Zion, part 2

• Mateh Asher Regional Council
• Moshavim
• Populated places established in 1938
• Agricultural Union
• Populated places in North District (Israel)