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# Rehovot (Israel)

## Iriyat Rehovot, Municipality of Rehovot

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image by Dov Gutterman | 2:3 Emblem adopted 16th April 1959 |

- Description
- Coat of Arms

See also:

- Rehovot Subdistrict
- Central District
- Subnational Flags (Israel)
- Israel

## Description

Rehovot (pronounced: Rekhovot) is situated in the south shore plain, south to Nes Ziyyona. Est. 1890 and got 85'000 inh. It is the home of the Weizmann Institute of Science, hence the microscope in the emblem. I spotted a white flag with emblem and red inscription. The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot, Yalkut HaPirsumim), YP 663, 16 April 1959.
Source: author's own observation, 29 September 2001.
Dov Gutterman, 8 October 2001

Rehovot's name was taken from the bible (Genesis 26:22) and was suggested by Isreal Belkind (the designer of the Rishon LeZiyyon Flag (1885)). When established in 1890, the founders decided not to be under the patronage of Baron Rothschild (almost the only colony that did so). In 1908 the founders gave a vineyard to a group of new immigrants from Yemen which resulted in the establishment of Sha'arayyim (unofficially part of the city since 1920, officially since 1944). Other communities also incorporated into the city such as Zarnuga (est. 1951, annexed 1954, renamed in 1970 as Qiryat Moshe), Kefar Gavirol (est. 1952, annexed 1954) and Kefar Marmurek (est. 1929 as a Moshav, annexed 1956).
Rehovot became a center of scientific research. The Agriculture Research Center was moved to Rehovot in 1920, the Ziv Scientific Research Institute (today Weizmann Institute) was founded by Prof. Haim Weitzman (later Israel's first president) in 1934, and the Agriculture Studies Institute in 1942 (today Hebrew University's Faculty of Agriculture).
Rehovot became a municipality in 1950, today with a population of 103'000 (2003).
The emblem is described on both the municipal [not archived] and heritage [retrieved] websites as follows:
"The oranges represent its being a city of citrus plants.
The Microscope represent its being a city of science.
The book represent the importance of education and scholarship in the city."
The emblem appeared on a stamp issued on 6 May 1970.
Dov Gutterman, 5 May 2005

History of Rehovot (rehovot.muni.il, Hebrew [retrieved] | Translation in English)

## Coat of Arms

(source [retrieved])