Be’er Zikhriyya

Be’er Zikhriyya is a well in , . Be’er Zikhriyya is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Valley of the Monks and Barfilya.

Archaeological site
El-Habs, nicknamed is a site of a cave which served Christian monastic chambers, on the channel of the Gimzo Stream. It is situated at the foot of Horbat Zekhariya and together with Horbat Kelah form a complex of archaeological sites in the hills of , in the territory of Ben Shemen Forest.

Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres east of that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A period. is situated 2½ km southeast of Be’er Zikhriyya.

Ruins
Modi’in, also Modi’im, and later, Moditha, was an ancient Jewish city located in , near the modern city of , . First mentioned in the Books of Maccabees, it was the hometown of the priestly Hasmonean family, who assumed leadership over Judea following the victorious Maccabean uprising.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mevo Modi’im and Gimzo.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mevo Modi'im, officially Me'or Modi'im, is a moshav in central . It is also known as the Carlebach Moshav. Located north-west of Modi'in on Highway 443, it falls under the jurisdiction of .

Village
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
is a religious moshav in . Located between and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of . In 2024 it had a population of 1,150. is situated 3 km west of Be’er Zikhriyya.

Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in the western , located west of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,533 inhabitants in 2017. is situated 3 km east of Be’er Zikhriyya.

Be’er Zikhriyya

Latitude
31.927° or 31° 55′ 37″ north
Longitude
34.97327° or 34° 58′ 24″ east
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
Open location code
8G3PWXGF+Q8
Geo­Names ID
8428034
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Be’er Zikhriyya” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “Be’er Zikhriyya”
  • Hebrew: “באר זכריה”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include H̱orbat Zikhriyya and H̱orbat Mataẖ.

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