Carmelite Monastery, Echt

In 1875, 20 Carmelite nuns from the monastery of Saint Joseph near St. Gereon's Basilica in Cologne settled in Echt because of the Kulturkampf in Germany.

The chapel is characterized by a large rectangular window on the street side with sandstone tracery.

Above the door is a tympanum depicting Mary with the Infant Jesus being adored by a Carmelite priest and nun.

Nearby is a monument to Edith Stein (Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross) who lived here from 1938 to 1942, when she was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp.

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