Ето откъде идвало името на "Немската колония" (квартал) в днешен Йерусалим.
- Breakaway movement founded in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 1861 by clergyman Christoph Hoffmann
- Name derived from scriptural concept of Christians as temples embodying God on Earth
- Established Templer communities in the Holy Land hoping to hasten Second Coming of Christ
- Seven Templer colonies founded across Palestine from 1869-1906
- Reconstituted in Germany and Australia as Temple Society
- No connection with Knights Templar
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When the German Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Jerusalem in 1898, the Templers turned out in their finest attire to cheer him, and their colony of Wilhelma, near Jaffa, was named in honour of King Wilhelm II of Wuerttemberg.
The Nazi party gained a foothold in Templer communities across Palestine (Ludwig Buchhalter circled)
Rosemarie Hahn (circled near front) went to a Templer school in the German Colony in Jerusalem. Ludwig Buchhalter (circled, back row), head of the Nazi party in Jerusalem, was a teacher there
- Breakaway movement founded in Ludwigsburg, Germany, in 1861 by clergyman Christoph Hoffmann
- Name derived from scriptural concept of Christians as temples embodying God on Earth
- Established Templer communities in the Holy Land hoping to hasten Second Coming of Christ
- Seven Templer colonies founded across Palestine from 1869-1906
- Reconstituted in Germany and Australia as Temple Society
- No connection with Knights Templar
The Templers: German settlers who left their mark on Palestine
In the late 19th Century a group of German Christians called the Templers settled in the Holy Land on a religious mission. What began with success though ended three generations later, destroyed by the rise of Nazism and the war.
In the late 19th Century a group of German Christians called the Templers settled in the Holy Land on a religious mission. What began with success though ended three generations later, destroyed by the rise of Nazism and the war.
When the German Kaiser Wilhelm II visited Jerusalem in 1898, the Templers turned out in their finest attire to cheer him, and their colony of Wilhelma, near Jaffa, was named in honour of King Wilhelm II of Wuerttemberg.
The Nazi party gained a foothold in Templer communities across Palestine (Ludwig Buchhalter circled)
Rosemarie Hahn (circled near front) went to a Templer school in the German Colony in Jerusalem. Ludwig Buchhalter (circled, back row), head of the Nazi party in Jerusalem, was a teacher there
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