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The city of Nahariyya, 25 km north of Haifa
uses as flag a blue logo on many different backgrounds. The one
on the city hall is yellow but there are also white, orange,
green and blue.
Dov Gutterman, 15 April/15 May 1999
Nahariyya (meaning river of God) is situated on the
sea coast (northmost seashore town in Israel) between Acre and the Lebanese
border. Est. in 1935 and named after the Ga'aton 'river' that
crosses its main street a very small river.
The municipal emblem was published in the official gazette (Rashumot),
YP 1795, 13 January 1972. It replaced the previous emblem of the
Local Council Nahariyya, published YP 631, 30 October 1958.
Dov Gutterman, 6 September 2001
I visited Nahariyya on 17 September 2001 and I noticed that
the main flags are now blue. There are still flags in other
colours but on the main poles at the city entrance and at the
city hall there are blue flags.
Dov Gutterman, 23 September 2001
Nahariyya now use almost only blue flags with white outlined
emblem even thou that in my last visit I saw also one orange
variant.. Vertical flags with color emblem are also used as seen
in photo at uploaded.fresh.co.il.
Nahariyya's land was bought in 1934 by Yoseph Levi in order to
establish a new community by individuals. Dr. Schiffrin, Haifa
Municipal Engener suggested the name Nahariyya after the Ga'aton
stream that cross it. The community was establiahed on 10
February 1935 and most of the first settlers were Jews from
Germany. It became a municipality on 1 April 1961. Pop. 48'200
(2003).
Nahariyya's emblem described at the municipal
site: "Nahariyya is situated in the heart of Historical
Asher tribe's estate and the emblem of the city combines our
historical roots in the Western Galilee and our resurrection in
the new era.
Beside the ancient olive tree which is planted between the clods
of the fertile soil, and beside of Moses blessing: "Asher
blessed of all sons", which is written in ancient Hebrew
script, the water-tower is rising the symbol of the city and
the renewing Hebrew settling. A sun of a new dawn sent its rays
which separate between past and present, and spread a joint sky
to both. The emblem was design by Ephrayim Haltrecht in
1941."
The emblem appeared on a stamp
issued 18 October 1970.
The said water-tower can be seen at www.nahariya.muni.il.
It was built in 1934 and serve today as cultural center.
Dov Gutterman, 27 April 2005
image resized from Wikipedia
The phrase on top (in anciant Hebrew) is "Blessed be
Asher above sons" (Deuteronomy 33:24).
Dov Gutterman, 13 April 2010