Givat Brenner was founded in 1928 by Enzo Sereni[2] and a group of immigrants from Lithuania, Poland and Germany. That same year, pioneers had settled on some 200 dunams (49.4 acres) of land that had been purchased by Moshe Smilansky from the Arab landholders of Aqir and Zarnuqa.[3] During World War II, Givat Brenner supplied products such as jam to the British Army, which laid the foundation for its export business.
Givat Brenner 1928
Kibbutz Givat Brenner, 1935
Food canning factory, Givat Brenner, 1939
Givat Brenner 1945 1:250,000
Givat Brenner 1:20,000
Members of Company H, Palmach, in Giv'at Brenner, 1945
The establishment of an irrigation equipment factory led to the creation of a foundry. The foundry evolved into a specialized aluminum die-casting company, which has produced, among other things, the housings for emergency phones along the New Jersey Turnpike.[citation needed] In 1938, it opened the first kibbutz sanatorium in the country.[4]
Demographics
According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Givat Brenner had a population of 155 inhabitants and a total of 5 residential houses.[5] In 1970 the population was 480.[6]
Education
Givat Brenner Regional School serves the communities of the Brenner Regional Council. The offices of the Regional Council are also located in the Kibbutz.
Economy
Givat Brenner's plant nursery supplies turf for lawns and parks. The kibbutz grows cotton, avocado, wheat and corn, and maintains a dairy farm. Industrial ventures include a furniture factory, metalwork factory, canned foods plant and an irrigation equipment factory, which gradually shut down for financial reasons. The 'House of Dreams' amusement park was established to offset waning income from the orchards, plant nurseries and factories, but was eventually closed.[7]
Landmarks
The Treasure Museum, in the heart of the kibbutz, opened on the Givat Brenner's seventieth anniversary. It houses a collection of artifacts and photographs that tell the story of the kibbutz pioneers.
Notable people
Sculpture by Jacob Loutchansky
Achi Brandt, mathematician noted for pioneering contributions to multigrid methods
^Compton, Israelah (1979). "Givat Brenner". Israel Guide - Sharon, Southern Coastal Plain and Northern Negev (A useful encyclopedia for the knowledge of the country) (in Hebrew). Vol. 6. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House, in affiliation with the Israel Ministry of Defence. p. 116. OCLC745203905.
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