Built in 1907-1910, and named after Empress Augusta Victoria, the wife of German Kaiser Wilhelm II, today it is an Arab Hospital. The establishment of a church and hospice was held in 1898 during the historic visit of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The "Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension", which is part of the complex, is now the venue of Jesus' ascension for protestant community.
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