Abbey of Lorsch

On Thursday I bought the first German stamps issued in 2014.

One stamp is this:

1250 years Abbey of Lorsch (issued 02-01-2014)

During the Middle Ages the Abbey of Lorsch was on of the most important claustral centres of Central Europe. The Abbey of Lorsch is since 1991 a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the "Lorscher Arzneibuch" written in the Abbey is since 2013 a part of the Memory of the World Programme of the UNESCO.