Edith-Stein-Chapel Patsch

Edith Stein entered the convent of the Carmelite Sisters in Cologne in 1933 as Sister Theresia Benedicta vom Kreuz. Because of her Jewish heritage, she was deported to Auschwitz on August 7, 1942, and murdered there. Pope John Paul II declared her a saint on October 11, 1998. The chapel, named after Edith Stein at the suggestion of the writer Winfried Werner Linde and designed in the form of a 12-meter-high pyramid by the artist Helmut Strobl from Patscher, stands at the new cemetery on the edge of the village. Inside the chapel is a monumental rotating cross by Helmut Strobl. It commemorates Edith Stein as a Jew, woman, and Christian. Two candelabras in the shape of a menorah are placed in front of the altar. For the overall planning, Mayor Josef Rinner was primarily responsible. Pastor Norbert Gapp blessed the chapel and the new cemetery on July 18, 2004.