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Enns is a town in the district of Linz-Land in Upper Austria. It is located on the Danube and the river Enns, which here forms the border with Lower Austria.

The city calls itself the oldest city in Austria, but this is disputed. In any case, the town charter from 1212 is the oldest document preserved in the original and can be seen in the Enns Museum. Enns is the successor town of Lauriacum, which was elevated to a city in 212. Moreover, Enns was the first Cittàslow town in Austria. The town's landmark is the 60 m high town tower.

Culture and sights

The townscape of Enns is characterized by Renaissance and Baroque buildings, with parts of a medieval town fortification.

    City fortification remains from 1193
    Town square with the town tower (1568)
    Ennsegg Castle: first mentioned around 900, heavily renovated after 1565
    Old Ennsburg, first castle on the Georgenberg (Enns)
    New Ennsburg, sovereign castle built in 1475
    Parish church Enns-St. Marien: from around 1270, former Minorite church of the Franciscan monastery Enns, with the Wallseerkapelle around 1350, one of the most important Gothic buildings in Upper Austria in terms of art history
    Bürgerspitalskirche, around 1300, today a Protestant parish church
    Museum Lauriacum (Roman Museum on the main square of Enns), which since 1965 has taken care of the artistic estate of about 400 works of the medalist and sculptor Arnold Hartig.

Other buildings in the municipality:
Parish Church and Basilica of St. Laurentius

    Basilica Enns-Lorch: with the only visible excavations from the Roman Lauriacum