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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENNS, a town of Austria, in upper Austria, n m. by rail S.E. of Linz. Pop. (1900) 4371. It is situated on the Enns near its confluence with the Danube and possesses a i sth-century castle, an old Gothic church, and a town hall erected in 1563. Three miles to the S.W. lies the Augustinian monastery of St Florian, one of the oldest and largest religious houses of Austria. Founded in the 7th century, it was occupied by the Benedictines till the middle of the nth century. It was established on a firm basis in 1071, whe…
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