The field name Biggenacker commemorates the attack by Count Gerd von Oldenburg on the villages of Bagband and Strackholt.
Count Gerd the brave once ruled over Oldenburg. He would have liked to own a piece of East Friesland. In 1473 he came across the moor with a warlike band. But he did not succeed in taking Uplengen Castle, so he moved further into the moor to Strackholt. Gerd ordered his soldiers to plunder the village. Only the church should remain untouched.
The Strackholter defended themselves desperately, but they could do nothing against this superiority. Despite the ban, one of them broke into the church and stole the golden chalice. The Horde stole a large barrel from a brandy distillery. We stopped under a huge oak tree at Bagband and drank to our heart's content.
Then the priest von Strackholt appeared. The spiritual master surveyed the wild activity and suddenly saw that they were drinking from the chalice. Angered at the outrage, he cried out that they shouldn't make fun of holy things and give back the stolen church property. But they just laughed at him. Then the priest cried out in a voice trembling with anger: "Then you and the Stee, wor ji't angahn as Biggen, shall be bewitched for all eternity!"
Retribution was already on its way. The Drost von Stickhausen suddenly appeared with his people. They threw themselves on the drunken Oldenburgers. Only a few escaped with their lives. The stolen goods were taken back from them. Only the chalice remained missing. Since then, however, the large oak tree at the cursed site has been called “de Biggenboom”.