Holstein’s Stained Glass Church Windows tell the stories of the Bible

Stained glass windows were placed in churches to tell the Christian story to worshippers who could not read, which would have been most all of them in medieval times, when stained glass art really hit its peak.

They were also placed in churches so that worshipers who couldn't afford or were not able to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land or other sites, could see the beauty of the story of Jesus right before them, without leaving their own parish church.