Herrengasse
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The Herrengasse (meaning in German language: "Street of the Lords" or "Lords Lane") is a street in Vienna, located in the first district Innere Stadt.
==History== thumb|right| thumb|right| thumb|right| The street existed during Roman times as part of the limes highway system. The first written mention of the street dates to 1216. The section of the street between the Freyung and Lobkowitzplatz squares was known during the Middle Ages as Hochstraße (High Street).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herrengasse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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