To the south of Katzrin is the Sea of Galilee, to the north Mount Hermon, and to the west are the Upper Galilee hills of Israel See more

The early residents were young couples and professionals from Tel Aviv and Haifa. At the end of the 1980s, many Jews from the former Soviet … See more

Ohalo College, a teacher training college, moved to Katzrin in 1988. In 2010, the college opened a department devoted to sustainable … See more

Katzrin has a friendship agreement with Mikulov, Czech Republic. In 2012, a Czech delegation visiting Israel and the Golan Heights attended a cornerstone ceremony for Mikulov … See more

Bronze Age to Early Islamic period
The site was occupied from the Middle Bronze Age, continuing into the Iron Age, the Hellenistic and Roman periods (during the latter it was once … See more

The Golan Heights Winery is located in Katzrin. In 2008, the large Chinese solar company Suntech Power and Israeli company Solarit Doral built Israel's largest solar power station, … See more

Before 1967, the antiquities site on the outskirts of Katzrin was a closed military zone and off-limits to archaeological research. Investigation by Israeli archaeologists commenced in 1972. Katzrin ancient village and synagogue was reconstructed and … See more