HaZore'a
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| Coordinates: 32°38′41″N 35°07′15″E / 32.64472°N 35.12083°ECoordinates: 32°38′41″N 35°07′15″E / 32.64472°N 35.12083°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Megiddo |
| Affiliation | Kibbutz Movement |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Founded by | Werkleute members from Germany |
| Population (2015) | 842 |
| Website | www.hazorea.org.il |
HaZore'a (Hebrew: הַזּוֹרֵעַ, lit. The Sower) is a kibbutz in northern Israel established in 1936 by German Jews. It is the only kibbutz that was established by members of the Werkleute movement. Located in the western rim of the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2015 it had a population of 842.
HaZore'a is located on the western rim of the Jezreel Valley, surrounded by HaZore'a Forest to the south and west of the kibbutz, Yokneam Moshava to the north and the fields of the Jezreel Valley to the east.
HaZore'a Forest is a section of the Ramot Manasseh Park planted on the Menashe Heights by members of the kibbutz, working for the Jewish National Fund. The forest has around 20 million trees (Eucalyptus, Pinus halepensis, Cupressus sempervirens, Ceratonia siliqua and more). In the forest there are several recreation facilities such as paths to the Shofet River which leads to the Ein Ami spring and several lookouts.
Ein Harshat is a cave located next to the Ein Ami spring, used as a burial site, with tunnels and rooms containing inscriptions from the Roman and Byzantine periods and burial tombs dating as early as the late Bronze Age. East to the cave are the remainings of an ancient settlement. The site is called Tel Qira and it contains remainings from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Middle and Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age
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