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Originally Posted by docdtv
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.
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Oops! Mad typo on my part. Thanks for the fun facts too, hehe. Learn something new every day, right?
