Katzrin

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Katzrin (Hebrew: קַצְרִין; also Qatzrin, Arabic: قصرين, romanized: qaṣrīn) is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council in the Golan Heights.

[7][8][dubious – discuss] The site was occupied from the Middle Bronze Age, continuing into the Iron Age, the Hellenistic and Roman periods (during the latter it was once destroyed), while the most substantial structural remains date from the Late Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods (3rd–4th to mid-8th centuries), when the site was a Jewish village with a synagogue.

[9][10] In the 1880s, Kisrin, at the east edge of the modern town, was described as "a small Bedawin winter village, with a group of beautiful oak trees and old ruins".

[15][16][17] Katzrin serves as a district town[18] that provides educational, administrative and cultural services to the surrounding region.

[21][22] The Mey Eden mineral water bottling plant and the Golan Olive Oil Mill are in Katzrin.

During the olive harvest season, which begins in October, visitors can watch the processing procedure, from crushing to bottling.

[3] A tourist attraction in Katzrin is the Magic of the Golan, a special effects movie screened at the local mall that depicts the spectacular scenery of the region.

Students explore the interrelationship of different renewable energy sources and their impact on the sustainability of development in the Golan and Galilee.

[19] Before 1967, the antiquities site on the outskirts of Katzrin was a closed military zone and off-limits to archaeological research.

Entrance to Katzrin shopping mall
Golan Heights Winery, Katzrin
Entrance to Talmudic-era synagogue, Katzrin archaeological park