Khushniyeh Explained

Official Name:Khushniyeh
Native Name:Arabic: الخشنية
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria Golan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:The Golan on the map of Syria; Khishniyah on the map of the Golan.
Coordinates:32.9989°N 35.8111°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name2:Golan
Subdivision Type3:Syrian Governorate
Subdivision Name3:Quneitra Governorate
Subdivision Type4:Syrian District
Subdivision Name4:Quneitra District
Subdivision Type5:Syrian Subdistrict
Subdivision Name5:al-Khisniyah
Extinct Date:June 10, 1967
Extinct Title:Destroyed
Population Total:1029[1]
Population As Of:1967

Khushniyeh (ar|الخشنية) is a former Syrian town located in the Golan Heights.[2]

History

Archeological excavations have revealed remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.[3]

The German-American archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher surveyed the village in the 1880s and described it as: "El-Khushniyeh —A large winter village on the Roman street west of er-Rafid, with scattered building stones. Most of the huts have fallen to pieces."[4]

The old part of town was built with basalt stones.[3] The residents worked with livestock and agriculture and Khushniyah was known for its vineyards and figs.[3] Eucalyptus trees was planted in the town to fight of malaria.[3] There was also several schools, a police station and a mosque built in 1956.[3]

After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.[5] Khushniyeh was destroyed in 1967.[6] The population before the war was 1029.[6]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kipnis, Yigal. Yigal Kipnis. The Golan Heights: Political History, Settlement and Geography since 1949. Routledge. London and New York. 2013. 245. 978-1-136-74092-3.
  2. Web site: Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994. . The Library of Congress . 1994-01-01 . 2024-08-31. (Al Khushniyah shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)
  3. Web site: بلدة الخشنية . General Organization of Radio and TV - Syria. 2022-09-27. ar . 2024-09-04.
  4. Book: Schumacher, Gottlieb. The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land. 1888. London. Richard Bentley and Son. 194. 2024-09-01.
  5. Shai . The Fate of Abandoned Arab Villages in Israel, 1965-1969 . History and Memory . 18 . 2 . 2006 . 10.2979/his.2006.18.2.86 . 100–101.
  6. Web site: al-Marsad. 4. 2024-08-31.