Ens Austriae Civitas Superiorem ab inferioris dividens. [ENNS]

An original copper-engraved view of Enns by Braun & Hogenberg, after G. and J. Hoefnagel's drawing of 1617. From the 6th part of Latin ed. of Braun and Hogenberg's "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". Published by A. Hierat in Cologne, 1617.
With an engraved title, and several figures (fishermen) in the foreground. This view comes from the sixth and last volume of 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum' ("Theatri Praecipuarum Totius Mundi Urbivm Liber Sextus"), published in a much smaller edition than previous volumes, and it is therefore rarer than most of Braun & Hogenberg city views.

TRANSLATION OF CAPTION: Enns, a town in Austria, dividing Upper and Lower Austria. Signed and dated bottom: Procured by Georg Hoefnagel, painted by his son Jakob in the year 1617.
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "This was once a large, splendid city where the Romans had their colonies and permanent camp, and which they called Aureliana Laureacensis. And not only legions, but also the imperators and emperors themselves stayed here. It was destroyed so often and to such a great extent by the Goths, Huns and other barbaric peoples that scarcely any sign of its former splendour remains."

This is a frontal view towards the west of the town of Enns, which stands in the background on a hill above the river of the same name, surrounded by fields. On the left is the church of St Mary; on the right the castle dating from the 10th century, which developed into yhe palace of Ennsegg in the 16th century.
The view is dominated by the 16th-century tower beside the town hall; the latter was rebuilt in 1547. Enns developed from a settlement that grew up in the 10-century next to the castle and received a municipal charter in 1212. In the immediate vicinity, on the site of the present-day district of Lorch, was once the Roman settlement of Lauriacum, which was granted city privileges by Emperor Caracalla in AD 212 and was destroyed by the Huns in the 5th century.

The "Civitates" was compiled and written by George Braun, Canon of Cologne Cathedral. Braun gathered together vast amounts of information and draft plans to produce over 500 city views/maps published in six parts between 1572 and 1617. Most of these engravings were made by Simon Novellanus and Frans Hogenberg, many after drawings by Joris Hoefnagel.
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Reference: Taschen, Braun and Hogenberg, p.459. Koeman IV, map 1246, ed. 41:1-3 (1617/18 B&H 6)