Haifa Templer Colony

E1023884

German Templer colony historic neighborhood urban settlement

Haifa Templer Colony was a 19th-century German Protestant settlement in Haifa that played a key role in modernizing the city’s infrastructure and urban development.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
German Templer Colony in Haifa	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German Templer colony ⓘ historic neighborhood ⓘ urban settlement ⓘ
architecturalStyle	European urban planning ⓘ German rural architecture ⓘ
contributedTo	development of Haifa as a port city ⓘ development of Haifa’s infrastructure ⓘ introduction of modern road network in Haifa ⓘ introduction of modern sanitation systems in Haifa ⓘ modernization of Haifa ⓘ urban planning in Haifa ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
currentUse	cultural and heritage site ⓘ restaurant and café district ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
demographics	German Protestant settlers and their descendants ⓘ
ethnicGroup	ethnic Germans ⓘ
foundedBy	German Protestant settlers ⓘ German Templer Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	European-style urban layout ⓘ mixed residential and commercial use ⓘ planned straight main street ⓘ stone houses with balconies and gardens ⓘ symmetrical lot division ⓘ
hasPart	Ben Gurion Boulevard NERFINISHED ⓘ Templer church NERFINISHED ⓘ Templer community hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Templer school NERFINISHED ⓘ central community buildings ⓘ main avenue aligned toward Mount Carmel ⓘ two-storey stone houses with red-tiled roofs ⓘ
heritageDesignation	preserved historical neighborhood ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
inception	1868 ⓘ
influenced	later urban development patterns in Haifa ⓘ
languageOfCommunity	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower City of Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Carmel region NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Mutasarrifate of Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Haifa District NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearby	Baháʼí World Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ Shrine of the Báb NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	German Templer architecture in Haifa ⓘ linear boulevard leading toward the Baháʼí Gardens ⓘ role in modernization of Haifa’s urban fabric ⓘ
originalFunction	agricultural colony ⓘ commercial center ⓘ residential neighborhood ⓘ
religion	Pietist Christianity ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
significantEvent	British internment and deportation of many Templer residents during World War II ⓘ expropriation of Templer properties in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ foundation of German Templer settlement in Haifa in 1868 ⓘ
transportConnection	early road links between Haifa port and inland regions ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German Templer Society → foundedColony → Haifa Templer Colony ⓘ

Gottlieb Schumacher → residence → Haifa Templer Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Templer Colony in Haifa