.  German colony Haifa was founded in 1868 at the foot of the slopes of Mount Caramel, by a group of Protestant Christians from southern Germany Württemberg district. This group was called "Templars", a name derived from the word "Temple" Kerry Temple. Templars movement believed that salvation can only occur by J. sitting in the Holy Land, so were her friends to Israel and built a colonial, the first of which was a German colony in Haifa. Residents were first colony in the agricultural sector, but soon the success that followed in the innovative methods of professional information Templars brought with them from Germany, led the Arab residents of Haifa to harass Templers industrious, destroying their crops and burn their crops. They ore the Templars abandoned agriculture and began to engage in small industry and tourism. The Templars were soon set up small factories in the city, workshops, shops and hotels. Colony border Catholic nuns founded the first hospital in Haifa. Jerusalem Jewish Christians had the opportunity to specify the Germans built in place of "magnificent city" as he put it. A resident engineer of the colony was renowned archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher, a pioneer industry in Israel Archaeological and conducted the first excavations at Tel Megiddo. Schumacher was also the first comprehensive scientific survey on the Golan, Bashan and northern Gilead. In 1898, Kaiser Wilhelm was the 2nd to Israel and the German Colony in Haifa was His first stop. In honor of Emperor swallowed a special jetty built over the years, the city's port of Haifa. Residents were the first German colony in the 20th century to build their homes in the Caramel Center. Founded the new settlement they called "Caramel - Heim" meaning Caramel residence. Another satellite settlement colony mother, established the Caramel Beach is named Nuiardop new oleander, the name of an estate in Germany, where the Templars were organized for the first time members of the immigration to the Holy Land. Today the site is located in Kibbutz oarsmen. With the beginning of World War II was the German Colony of Haifa, like other German colonies in Israel, under quarantine because of its inhabitants were subjects of an enemy state. In 1944 the Templars were expelled from the country and the colony became an abandoned industrial area. In the '90s of the 20th century the colony was restored and today is a recreation area and tourism area.