Enns (river) below the Enns"). Finally, it meets the Danube at Mauthausen and the city of Enns. The Enns is a typical wild water river and draws its water from an area of more than , which is the fifth-largest in Austria. The average outflow at its mouth is . The Anisian Age in the Triassic Period of geological time is named from Anisus, the Latin name of the river Enns. In the middle of the 19th century, canals began to be built along the between Weißenbach and the Gesäuse, in order to make use of the water for agriculture and forestry.
Basilica of St. Lawrence, Enns Basilica of St. Lawrence, Enns The Basilica of St. Lawrence () also called Former Cathedral of St. Lawrence is a Catholic church located in the district of Lorch, Enns city in Upper Austria, part of the European country of Austria. It was a cathedral church and is now a minor basilica. It belongs to Enns-Lorch deanery in the Diocese of Linz. The church is a listed building. The Basilica of St. Lawrence rises above the remains of their Roman predecessors, which were discovered during archaeological excavations between 1960 and 1966. The oldest building - a Roman noble house - dating