Since 1950, Christmas letters and cards from all over the world have been stamped and sent on at the Christkindl Christmas post office in Steyr. Around 1.5 million letters have to be processed every year, as well as thousands of children’s letters with wishes, all of which are answered, as those responsible say. The two motifs “Organ Nativity” and “Wagrain Parish Church” will be presented as special stamps at the opening. Anyone who wants to have their shipments sent via the special Christmas post office and stamped with the Christkindl stamp will need an additional stamp in addition to a postage stamp. This is sold in every post office. The special post office is open until January 6th.
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10 exciting facts about the Christkindl post office
1. A member of the US occupation army In 1946, he had the idea of setting up his own post office in the Christkindl district of Steyr. Because the man was quartered in Steyr, he had often heard about the Christkindl pilgrimage church. One day he visited the place of grace. When he saw the wax Christ Child in the middle of the magnificent high altar, he had a brilliant idea: from this place the good news of the birth of the Savior should be proclaimed to the whole world.
2. In the Mesner kitchen: When the Austrian postal administration set out to implement the idea in December 1950, there was initially a lack of space. In the emergency of the first hour, the “postal agent” Johanna Zeilinger was moved from the nearby Unterhimmel post office to the sacristan’s kitchen. She was supposed to be the first “Christkindl” who stamped cards and letters from December 15th, 1950 to January 6th, 1951 sent back in all directions.
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Image: VOLKER WEIHBOLD
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