Hohe Brücke, Vienna
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The Hohe Brücke is a bridge across the Tiefer Graben ("Deep Ditch") in Innere Stadt
Innere Stadt
The Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal District of Vienna . The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna...

, Vienna
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, Austria
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. It links the two parts of Wipplingerstraße, which used to be separated by a brook.

For a long time there has been a lottery
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 next to the bridge, and many people in Vienna remember their old advertising
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 slogan, Über die Hohe Brücke führt der Weg zum Glücke ("Across the High Bridge leads the path to luck").

The current bridge was designed by Josef Hackhofer and built in 1903-04.
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