Herzliya - is a city in the central coast of
Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a
population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the
founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km². At
its western municipal boundaries is Herzliya Pituah, one of
Israel's most affluent districts, home to ambassadors, foreign
diplomats and businessmen. Herzliya, named after Theodor
(Benyamin Zeev) Herzl, was founded in 1924 as a semi-cooperative
farming community (moshava) with a mixed population of new
immigrants and veteran residents. In the 1920s, the father and
grandfather of Tal Brody helped build the country's first
airfield in Herzliya. After the establishment of the state in
1948, large numbers of immigrants settled there. In 1960, when
the population reached 25,000, Herzliya was declared a city.
According to other sources the airfield of Herzliya was built in
1948 war especially for the arrival of the first Messeschmidts
airplanes. |