ENNS

enns, a town of austria, in upper austria, 11 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 15th-century castle, an old gothic church, and a town hall erected in 1565. 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 11th century. it was established on a firm basis in 1071, when it passed into the hands of the augustinians. the actual buildings, which are among the most magnificent in austria, were constructed between 1686 and 1745. its library, with over 70,000 volumes, contains valuable manuscripts and also a fine collection of coins. enns is one of the oldest towns in austria, and stands near the site of the roman _laureacum_. the nucleus of the actual town was formed by a castle, called anasiburg or anesburg, erected in 900 by the bavarians as a post against the incursions of the hungarians. it soon attained commercial prosperity, and by a charter of 1212 was made a free town. in 1275 it passed into the hands of rudolph of habsburg. an encounter between the french and the austrian troops took place here on the 5th of november 1805. enoch ([hebrew: hanockh, hanockh], hanokh, teaching or dedication). (1) in gen. iv. 17, 18 (j), the eldest son of cain, born while cain was building a city, which he named after enoch; nothing is known of the city. (2) in gen. v. 24, &c. (p), _seventh_ in descent from adam in the line of seth; he "walked with god," and after 365 years "was not for god took him." [(1) and (2) are often regarded as both corruptions of the _seventh_ primitive king evedorachos (enmeduranki in cuneiform inscriptions), the two genealogies, gen. iv. 16-24, v. 12-17, being variant forms of the babylonian list of primitive kings. enmeduranki is the favourite of the sun-god, cf. enoch's 365 years.[1]] heb. xi. 5 says enoch "was not found, because god _translated_ him." later jewish legends represented him as receiving revelations on astronomy, &c., and as the first author; apparently following the babylonian account which makes enmeduranki receive instruction in all wisdom from the sun-god.[1] two apocryphal works written in the name of enoch are extant, the _book of enoch_, compiled from documents written 200-50 b.c., quoted as the work of enoch, jude 14 and 15; and the _book of the secrets of enoch_, a.d. 1-50. cf. 1 chron. i. 3; luke iii. 37; wisdom iv. 7-14; ecclus. xliv. 16, xlix. 14. (3) son, i.e. clan, of midian, in gen. xxv. 4; 1 chron. i. 33. (4) son, i.e. clan, of reuben, e.v. _hanoch_, _henoch_, in gen. xlvi. 9; exod. vi. 14; num. xxvi. 5; 1 chron. v. 3. there may have been some historical connexion between these two clans with identical names. footnote: [1] eberhard schrader, _die keilinschriften und das a.t._, 3rd ed., pp. 540 f.