Degernes

Degernes is a village and parish in Rakkestad municipality in Østfold county, Norway.

Degernesis located on Highway 22 towards Halden about eight miles southeast of the community center of Rakkestad.

The oldest settlement of the Fosna-Hensbacka culture in Eastern Norway is found at Høgnipen, located in the southern part of Degernes.

The two sites at Høgnipen are called Rørmyr and Mellommyr and are estimated to date back 10,000 years.

[1][2][3] The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm of Degernes (Norse Digranes), since the first church was built there.