A luminous means having a first, light-transmissive carrier (1), a second carrier (3), and an organic layer stack (4), which is arranged between the first carrier (1) and the second carrier (3), at least one electrical connection region (5) being provided on the rear side (4), which faces away from the first carrier (1), of the second carrier (3), which connection region is provided for connecting the luminous means (20) to a further, identical luminous means. In addition, the invention specifies a lighting device with such a luminous means.