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The German Colony ( HaMoshava HaGermanit) ( Hebrew: המושבה הגרמנית, Arabic: الحي الألمانية) was established in Ottoman Haifa in 1868 as a Christian German Templer Colony in Palestine. It was the first of several colonies established by the group in the Holy Land.
Located just beneath the Bahai Gardens, Haifa's largest tourist attraction, the German Colony has been beautifully restored in recent years, and is now lined with trendy cafes, restaurants, and boutiques.
The German colony was established by immigrant Germans that came to Haifa. The buildings are quaint and look out of place in the Middle East but it is a neat place. Some restaurants here for the hungry.
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German colony in Haifa, 1875. Templer Colony in Haifa. On 6 August 1868, the founders of the Templers, Christoph Hoffmann and Georg David Hardegg, their families and a group of fellow Templers, left Germany for Palestine, landing in Haifa on 30 October.
The Colony Hotel Haifa is a boutique hotel situated in the German Colony, the restored historic center of Haifa, in a unique preserved 103-year-old building.
At the foot of the Bahai Gardens, lies the old German Colony. In 1868 Christoph Hoffman and Georg David Hardegg came from Wuttemberg, Germany to Haifa. They were members of the Templar Society (not to be confused with the Knights of the Templars). At the time, Haifa was a town of 4,000 people.
Set in the heart of Haifa, the German Colony is one of the city’s main tour attractions. Founded over 150 years ago, the municipality successfully restored the historical neighborhood, making it a populat commercial and cultural center.
