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Originally Posted by Azhiri
Mathausen
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It is spelled
Mauthausen. In German,
Mauthaus means
toll house. The origin of the name is self-evident from the town's location at the confluence of the
Danube and its tributary, the
Enns. (Enns is also the name of the biggest nearby city.) The natural strategic value of this general area made it the site of a giant military camp in Imperial Roman times, named
Lauriacum.