The Styrian market town at the crossing of the Enns, beside the old Roman Lauriacum, below the Georgenberg where Ottokar IV of Styria and Leopold V sealed the Georgenberg compact on 17 August 1186.
The Ennsburg, built about 900 against the Hungarians, was given to Passau in 976; the market was founded by the Otakar margraves. Its fair on the Danube road made it a meeting place of merchants from the upper Danube and the east. Fortifications are dated from 1193.
Who holds it
- Name
- Duke Leopold VI as duke of Styria
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Since
- 1195
- Confidence
- high
Enns (de.wikipedia).
Lord in 1200
Duke Leopold VI as duke of Styria
Allies and rivals
Passau holds the old Ennsburg and St. Florian nearby.
How things stand that morning
Styrian ducal market town held by Leopold VI.
Charter
Leopold VI grants Enns town rights in 1212 (the charter survives, in the Enns museum): not yet.
Council
Not recorded for 1200.
Communities
Regensburg and other upper Danube merchants at the fair (general knowledge).
Fairs and markets
The Enns fair (Ennser Markt), the great fair of the Traungau; its dates and the privilege of the Otakar dukes for the Regensburg merchants (1191) are from general knowledge, not checked here.
Militia
Not recorded.
Walls and castle
Fortifications from 1193; the Ennsburg on the Georgenberg (Passau's since 976).
Trade and crafts
The Danube trade at the Enns mouth, the Enns river traffic and iron from Steyr.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Dates from de.wikipedia; the fair privilege not checked.
Primary sources for Styria
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.