Jerusalem - German Templar Colony

From the street intersection at St Andrew's Church in Jerusalem, Bethlehem Road runs south. Opposite the railroad station Emeq Refaim Street branches off it on the right and runs through the territory of the German Templar Colony founded in 1873 by the German Protestant community of the Temple (no connection with the order of the Knights Templar). The community house with its apse and small bell-cote and the little houses set in gardens still give the area its particular stamp. At the far end of the Colony, immediately adjoining the American Cemetery, is the Templar Cemetery laid out in 1878. The members of the colony were evacuated by the British authorities during the Second World War.