In 1422 the lane is mentioned as "arta platea II." The designation "platea secunda" stems from the fact that initially the streets on Speicherinsel (Granary Island) were numbered - once from the north toward Milchkannengasse, and a second time starting at Milchkannengasse heading south. Thus the lane was simply called "Second Street."

As early as 1643, the name Münchengasse (Monks' Lane) appeared. It derives from a granary at the Mattenbudisches Tor that was in monastic ownership. At the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century, the lane was also called Flachsgasse (Flax Lane), a designation that had been used in the 17th century for the adjoining part of Hopfengasse and goes back to the flax weighing house located here.

Since the war, its Polish name translates as "Rye Lane."

History