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https://www.deutschlandmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16011362_Grote_Mandrenke-768x432.jpg600338In the 13th and 14th centuries, the inhabitants of the North Frisian marshes protected their land with dykes. However, the plague epidemic of 1350 killed so many people that there was not enough labour to maintain the defences. [...]