Lech (river) stony". On more than one occasion, historic events have been decided on the banks of this river. Lech (river) The Lech (, "Licca") is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube in length with a drainage basin of . Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises from lake Formarinsee in the Alps at an altitude of . It flows in a north-north-easterly direction and crosses the German border, forming the Lechfall, a waterfall; afterwards the river enters a narrow gorge (the Lechschlucht). Leaving the Alps, it
Enns (town) which up to 6,000 soldiers were stationed, was located on the site of modern Enns. The adjacent settlement (today: "Lorch") received the privileges of a "municipium" in 212 from Emperor Caracalla. At that time about 30,000 people lived here. During the Diocletian Persecution of Christians, a commander of the Roman army, Saint Florian, died as a martyr at "Lauriacum" on 4 May 304, when he was drowned in the Enns river. Only nine years later, the Emperor Constantine I proclaimed religious tolerance with the Edict of Milan. About 370, an Early Christian basilica was built on the remains of a