Fischart was one of the most important poets and publicists of the second half of the 16th century. Published and printed by his brother-in-law Bernhard Jobin in Strasbourg on 7 November 1588 eine

Ernewerte Beschreibung
der wol Gedenckwürdigen Alten und

warhafften verwunderlichen Geschicht:

Von dem nun längst Berümten Theuren und Ge-
strengen Abentheurlichen Ritter

Herrn Petern von Stauffenberg
genant Diemringer / auß der
Orttenau bei Rein

Only a few of these book copies have survived. A copy can be found in the Bavarian State Library. It comprises 169 pages with twenty chapters and pictures. The Oberkirch artist Manuela Bijanfar was commissioned by the Wine and Local History Museum in Durbach to paint and fire the six motifs above onto individual panes of glass using old glass painting techniques. These are combined with leaded glass to form a series of pictures.