Draft:Walhalla (colony)
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Wallhalla was a German Templer Colony located north of Jaffa and next to Neve Tzedek, during the Ottoman Era.
History
[edit]The German Templers established a modest neighborhood in 1903 adjacent to the Neve Tzedekneighborhood, between the Turkish railroad and the road to nearby Jaffa. Today it is located on the side of Eilat Street.
This neighborhood was home to a number of German families who were involved in trade and crafts in Jaffa. "Walhalla" was the neighborhood's name, derived from the name of the old German gods' paradise.
In this neighborhood was the residence of the German consulate and the "Wagner" iron foundry named after its owner Gotthilf Wagner. (later the mayor of Sarona) The Wagner factory produced weapons for the Turkish and German troops who were camped in the land during World War I. The Germans mainly knew Valhalla, while most residents in the area called it the "Wagner neighborhood."
During World War II, the German residents of Walhalla were removed and placed in a detention camp. The British took over the houses for their own needs. Several of these houses remain in Valhalla, one of which houses the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and another house is the shanty house.
In the city of Tel Aviv, Jaffa, there are world cultural heritage sites, which constitute a museum “open to all who wish to know, feel and experience the development of the culture of the settlement in the Land of Israel”, The Wagner iron foundry named after its owner Gotthilf Wagner.[1] (later the mayor of Sarona) produced weapons for the Turkish and German troops who were stationed in the area during World War I. The Germans mainly called it “Valhalla/Wallhalla”, while most local residents in the area called it the "Wagner neighborhood."
Another settler, Hugo Wieland[2] who belonged to the messianic movement "The Templers" settled in the Holy Land, purchased land in Walhalla and built his house and the "Wieland" factory[3] on it for the production of painted tiles and concrete construction elements inside the Ottoman Railway Station in Jaffa.
Nearby was the restaurant and nightclub Cafe Lorenz.[4]
During World War II, the German residents of Walhalla were removed and placed in a detention camp. The British took over the houses for their own needs. Several of these houses remain in Valhalla, one of which houses the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and another house is the shanty house.
In the city of Tel Aviv - Jaffa, there are world cultural heritage sites, which constitute a museum open to all who wish to know, feel and experience the development of the culture of the settlement in the Land of Israel. (You are welcome to view some of the renovated buildings)
References
[edit]Danny Goldman
The Templer settlement in Palestine, an Architectural Investigation © Danny Goldman Jan. 2022
2003, The Architecture of the Templers in their Colonies in Eretz-Israel, 1868-1948, and their Settlements in the United States, 1860-1925. P-12 – P16
P-12 – “while in Jaffa the satellite Walhalla, became the active and more economically prosperous sector”
P-13 – “Walhalla, across and north of the historic Nablus Road.”
“The Templers (followers of Hoffmann) founded the new site of Walhalla,46 in the 1890s. Walhalla developed rapidly.”
46 - Eisler (1993) P-66 The name Walhalla is from German Mythology, meaning ‘heavens of the Gods’
P- 14 – “the population was 350, most of the inhabitants in Walhalla,48 meaning that there was a decline in the ‘American’ lobe, and growth in Walhalla.”
48 - Carmel (1990), pp. 58-59; Thalmann, Naftali (1991). The Character and Development of Farm Economy in Templer Colonies in Palestine 1869-1939, a Ph.D. thesis, Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, p. 78 quoted the Warte 29, (September 17, 1890), p. 225 for 250 inhabitants in 1885 and 320 in the late years of that decade; Eisler Eyal J. (1993). The American German Colony in Jaffa and its Uniqueness in the Framework of the Christian World in Eretz-Israel During the Decline of the Ottoman Rule, a Master’s thesis supervised by Prof. Alex Carmel, Haifa University, Faculty of Humanities, Dept. of Land of Israel Studies, p. 96, reports that in 1904 there were 236 inhabitants in Walhalla.”
P-15 - The Walhalla cluster was started with the Franz Lorenz House (1895, see image below). The land was bought in the late 1880s, but most of Walhalla’s houses were built in the early 1900s.53 A prominent feature of Walhalla is the urban character of its houses, perhaps expressing the wide range of occupations of its inhabitants,54
53 Eisler (1993), pp. 94-96.
54 Thalmann (1991), p. 78; Sauer (1991), p. 96.
- ^ Wagner, Gotthilf (March 24, 1946). "Sarona Mayor, Prominent Palestine Nazi and S.s. Leader, Shot to Death Near Tel Aviv". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ "Einweihung des Gedenksteins für den Palästinapionier Hugo Wieland : Württembergische Kirchengeschichte online – Blog". blog.wkgo.de. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ "Jaffa - The Station". BibleWalks 500+ sites. Retrieved 2026-01-29.
- ^ "The nine lives of the Lorenz Cafe - Adi Schwartz". 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2026-01-29.