Christmas - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1980 - 4 Shilling

The church of the former Cistercian Abbey of Viktring in Carinthia houses a glass painting cycle in the northeastern choir window, whose worship scene was chosen as the motif for the present brand. At the end of the 14th century, the three choir windows of the church were decorated with glass paintings whose original contents are largely preserved. In the 14th century, the Cistercians had deviated somewhat from their original strict rules, which imposed complete poverty upon them. Therefore, even with the monastery equipment on the postulate of absolute modesty could be increasingly dispensed with. So it came to the stained glass in the course of a renovation in the parish church Viktring. While the middle window is three-lane, the two flanking have a two-lane vertical structure. The horizontal arrangement in eight zones is the same for all windows. The southeasternmost window shows two coats of arms in the lower zone, the six zones above are arranged in two rows with apostle figures. The middle cycle is referred to as the "Stifterscheibe" and is dedicated to the founders of the church.