Detailed Instructions: In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.
Q: Sentence 1:In 1168 there is the first indication of a free aristocratic ( edelfrei ) line in Berneck with the mention of the Walpote , Uodalrich II . Sentence 2:It can therefore be assumed that there was already a noble seat here at that time .
A:
therefore