House façade near St. Mary and St. Mark's Minster in Mittelzell depicting a Benedictine monk and the order's motto Ora et Labora. On the island of Reichenau, the order's motto "Ora et labora" has applied to the monks since the order was founded in 724: they prayed in the minster and cultivated vegetable fields and vineyards, making the island the "vegetable and wine island". The motto underlines the UNESCO World Heritage Site as a symbol of harmonious monastic life. The sundial on a building in Haitostraße on the island of Reichenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, shows a depiction of Abbot Hatt