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What is true about the Graben in Vienna?
In the exam (German)
Was stimmt über den Graben in Wien?
- aIt was dug in the 19th century as a canal against the floods of the Danube.Er wurde im 19. Jahrhundert als Kanal gegen das Hochwasser der Donau gegraben.
- bOn it stands the Plague Column, which recalls a great plague epidemic in the 17th century.Auf ihm steht die Pestsäule, die an eine große Pestepidemie im 17. Jahrhundert erinnert.Correct answer
- cIts name recalls the ditch in front of the wall of the Roman camp that ran here.Sein Name erinnert an den Graben vor der Mauer des römischen Lagers, der hier verlief.Correct answer
- dIt is in the 1st district, the Innere Stadt.Er liegt im 1. Bezirk, der Inneren Stadt.Correct answer
Why?
This well-known street in the 1st district (Innere Stadt, the Inner City) lies where a ditch (Graben) once ran in front of the wall of the Roman camp. Around 1200 it was filled in. Emperor Leopold I had the Plague Column (Pestsäule) built after the plague of 1679. The Graben has nothing to do with flood protection.
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