Mount Herzl
West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 832 metres
- Description: site of Israel’s national cemetery in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “Bryn Herzl”, “Bundok ng Herzl”, “Har Hertsel”, “Har Hertsl”, “Har Hertzel”, “Herzl vuori”, “Herzl-berget”, “Herzl-fjellet”, “Herzlbjerget”, “Mt. Herzl”, “mynydd Herzl”, “Umahon herzl”, “Монт Херцл”, “הר הזיכרון”, “تپه هرتسل”, “تپهٔ هرتسل”, “جبل هرتسل”, “کوهٔ هرتسل”, “마운트 헤르츨”, and “以色列国家公墓”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Yad Va’Shem and Shaarei Tsedek.
Shaarei Tsedek
Hospital
Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yefe Nof and Beit HaKerem.
Beit HaKerem
Suburb
Photo: Hovev, Public domain.
Mount Herzl
- Categories: mountain, cemetery, and landform
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.7742° or 31° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.18073° or 35° 10′ 51″ east
Elevation
832 metres (2,730 feet)
Open location code
8G3QQ5FJ+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Mount Herzl” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل هرتزل”
- Armenian: “Հերցլ լեռ”
- Armenian: “Հերցլի լեռ”
- Azerbaijani: “Herzl dağı”
- Basque: “Herzl mendia”
- Belarusian: “Гара Герцля”
- Breton: “Menez Herzl”
- Bulgarian: “Планина Херцел”
- Catalan: “Mont Herzl”
- Cebuano: “Har Herẕl”
- Chinese: “赫茨尔山”
- Chinese: “赫茨爾山”
- Czech: “Herzlova hora”
- Danish: “Mount Herzl”
- Dutch: “Herzlberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هرتزل”
- Esperanto: “Monto Herzl”
- Finnish: “Herzl-vuori”
- Finnish: “Herzl”
- French: “mont Herzl”
- French: “Mont Herzl”
- Galician: “Monte Herzl”
- German: “Herzlberg”
- Greek: “Όρος Χερτζλ”
- Greek: “Όρος Χερτσλ”
- Hebrew: “Har Herẕl”
- Hebrew: “הר הרצל”
- Hindi: “माउंट घंटे ई आर ज़ी l”
- Hindi: “हरज़ल पर्वत”
- Hungarian: “Herzl-hegy”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Herzl”
- Irish: “Sliabh Herzl”
- Italian: “Monte Herzl”
- Japanese: “ヘルツルの丘”
- Korean: “헤르츨 언덕”
- Kurdish: “Çiyayê Herzlê”
- Ladin: “Mont Herzl”
- Ladin: “Mount Herzl”
- Ladino: “Ar Ertzel”
- Ladino: “Monte Herzl”
- Macedonian: “Херцелска гора”
- Macedonian: “Херцелска Гора”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Herzlfjellet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herzlfjellet”
- Norwegian: “Herzlfjellet”
- Ossetian: “Герцлы хох”
- Persian: “کوه هرتسل”
- Polish: “Wzgórze Herzla”
- Portuguese: “Monte Herzl”
- Romanian: “Muntele Herzl”
- Russian: “Гора Герцля”
- Serbian: “Gora Hercl”
- Serbian: “Гора Херцл”
- Slovak: “Har Herzl”
- Slovenian: “Herzlova gora”
- Spanish: “Monte Herzl”
- Swedish: “Herzlberget”
- Swedish: “Mount Herzl”
- Tagalog: “Bundok Herzl”
- Tamil: “எர்சில் மலை”
- Turkish: “Herzl Tepesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гора Герцля”
- Venetian: “Monte Herzl”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Herzl”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Herzl”
- Yiddish: “הר הרצל”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ramat Beit HaKerem and Bayit VeGan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: רחבת הטקסים and Military Cemetery.
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