Enns is an Austrian town located on the banks of the river Enns, at 17 km from Linz, in the Federal state of Upper Austria. The town has an elevation of 281 meter above sea level.Enns, the oldest city in Austria, city privileges he received on April 22, 1212. The proof of this fact is stored in the local Museum.

The first settlements at the mouth of the Enns river, Dating from the 4th century B. C. it is Known that in this area there was a Celtic settlement, which established the state of noricum. Noricum was incorporated into the Roman Empire until 15 BC In the second and third centuries a Roman camp Lauriacum with 6000 troops was located on the site of modern Enns. In 212, the Emperor Caracalla granted the settlement the status of a municipality. In the year 370 in the Enns Basilica was built on the Foundation of the temple of Jupiter, and in 1344 on the site of a former Basilica was built the Church of St. Lawrence.

The city suffered greatly from the plague of 1625, which took the lives of nearly 14-year resident of the city. In 1626 farmers besieged the city for a month, two-thirds of the houses were badly damaged.

15 December 1858 in honor of the passage of Empress Elisabeth from Vienna to Linz in the Enns opened railway station.During the Second world war Enns was in the American zone of occupation.

Currently Enns is a modern city with good infrastructure. To the city attractions include the city tower, built in 1568, the Church of St. Lawrence and the Museum of Roman camps Lauriacum. Castle Andegg though, and was founded in the X century, but underwent reconstruction in 1565. The Church of the virgin Mary that once were part of the Franciscan monastery in Enns, was built in 1270 in Gothic style. Enns is a member of Association of small historic towns in Austria.