Enns (town) are used for agriculture. The municipality can be subdivided into the districts of Einsiedl, Enghagen, Enghagen am Tabor, Enns, Ental, Erlengraben, Hiesendorf, Kottingrat, Kristein, Kronau, Lorch, Moos, Rabenberg and Volkersdorf. The first settlements in the area of the mouth of the Enns river to the Danube date back to 4,000 years ago. Celts settled the land around 400 BC. Their kingdom of Noricum was incorporated into the Roman Empire in AD 15 and was designated as a Roman province under the reign of Emperor Claudius in AD 45. In the second and third century, the Roman camp of "Lauriacum", in
Enns (river) In total, ten power plants, with a total generative power of 345 megawatts, have been built by the "Ennskraftwerke AG". Currently, there are 15 hydroelectric power stations on the Enns. The power stations are listed beginning at the headwaters: The most important inflows are the Palten, the Salza and the Steyr (river). A major transit route connecting Germany and Slovenia through Austria runs through the Enns valley. The so-called "Eisenstraße" ("iron road") runs along the river between Hieflau and Enns, along which iron ore has been transported from the Styrian Erzberg ("ore mountain") to the steel mill in Linz. Enns