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Karmelietessenklooster

Bovenstestraat 48
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The Carmelite nunnery was founded in 1875 by German Carmelite nuns who had to leave their monastery in Cologne (Sankt Gereon) because of the Kulturkampf. The monastery and chapel were built according to a design by architect Cuypers, with sober neo-Gothic elements. The monastery has been a national monument since 2002.

The monastery has become particularly famous because Saint Teresia-Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) lived here (1938-1942). Anyone wishing to get to know the person of Edith Stein finds himself confronted by a passionate truth-seeker. That love for the truth has defined her whole life.
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