Abirim

Abirim
Etymology: Knights
Abirim is located in Northwest Israel
Abirim
Abirim
Location within Northwest Israel
Abirim is located in Israel
Abirim
Abirim
Location within Israel
Coordinates: 33°2′22″N 35°17′15″E / 33.03944°N 35.28750°E / 33.03944; 35.28750
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
SubdistrictAcre
CouncilMa'ale Yosef
Founded1980
Population
 (2024)
304
Websiteabirim.info
Metsad Abirim, a ruin of tower or mausoleum near Abirim

Abirim (Hebrew: אבירים, lit. 'Knights'), also known as Mitzpe Abirim, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee, three kilometres from Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 304. It is located in the middle of a natural oak forest bordering the Nahal Kziv nature reserve.

History

Abirim was established in 1980 on land located near the Christian town of Fassuta. It was initially named "Eder" and then renamed to "Abirim" after the nearby ruins of Burj Misr (Arabic: "Egyptian Tower"), which was renamed to Horbat Metsad Abirim (Hebrew: "Ruin of the Fortress of the Knights") in 1957. The age and original purpose of the ruins is unknown; proposals range from a Crusader stronghold to a mausoleum from the Hellenistic period (4th–3rd centuries BCE).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Survey of Palestine, Map sheet 17-27 Tarbikha, 1:20,000, 1948.
  3. ↑ Khalidi, Walid, ed. (1992). All that remains: the Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington, D.C: Institute for Palestine Studies. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0-88728-224-9.
  4. ↑ Government of Israel, ילקוט הפרסומים (Gazette) number 536, 14 May 1957, p. 856.
  5. ↑ Asher Ovadieh; Yinon Shivtiel (2016). "The caves in the cliff shelters of Keziv Stream (Nahal Keziv) and the relief of 'The Man in the Wall'". Liber Annuus. 66: 351–375. doi:10.1484/J.LA.4.2018015.
  6. ↑ Denys Pringle (1997). Secular Buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. p. 43.