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]
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]