Yehoshua Stampfer was born in
Komárno and raised in
Szombathely,
Hungary. Seeing the results of the national success of the Hungarians in 1867, Stampfer longed for a similar independence for his people in
Eretz Yisrael. When he was 17, he
immigrated to the Land of Israel. He later joined forces with other pioneers and established new Jewish neighborhoods outside the
Old City of Jerusalem. Initially he purchased 3.2 km2 for Petah Tikva, which began with a few tents. In 1882 there were already 66 people living in Petah Tikva. In 1898 he planted the second orchard in Petah Tikva (after the
baron), there he preserved the
balady citron that was selected by Rabbi
Yehoshua Leib Diskin. Yoshua's son Shlomo was later the first mayor of Petah Tikva and his son-in-law Pinhas Globman kept on with the orchards of his father, that he managed already in the years of the founder. ==See also==