Reihertief Wetland

In the Middle Ages, two monasteries were established in the area of the municipality of Moorweg. To the west of the Heron Deep was the monastery of Oldekloster, probably built as a Benedictine monastery in the 12th century, and to the east of the Heron Deep was the Monastery of Sconamora (a Premonstratensian monastery from the 13th century called Sconamora). Oldekloster had a Marian shrine and was a place of pilgrimage. After 1421, both monasteries were administered by Kloster Marienkamp near Esens and continued as agricultural outposts. With the secularization around 1530, both monasteries became the property of the East Frisian count and were continued as domains. On the map of East Friesland by David Fabricius 1589, both monasteries in Harlingerland are named. Around 1770 the Fehn colony Wagnersfehn was founded by Mrs. Adelheid Wagener from Esens in the swampy valley south of Esens. Palatinate people were initially settled here.

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