▁the ▁Iron ▁Age ▁was ▁discovered ▁nearby ▁Eng ers . ▁ ▁An ▁important ▁historic ▁event ▁was ▁the ▁military ▁activity ▁under ▁Julius ▁Ca esar ▁in ▁ 5 5 ▁BC ▁at ▁the ▁town ▁U rm itz ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁to ▁pun ish ▁the ▁German ic ▁Sic amb ris . ▁ ▁Ar ound ▁ 4 0 0 ▁AC ▁a ▁Roman ▁cast ell um ▁was ▁built . ▁Its ▁ru ins ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen ▁today . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 3 5 7 , ▁Eng ers ▁received ▁market ▁rights ▁by ▁German ▁imper ator ▁Charles ▁IV . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 4 1 2 , ▁Eng ers ▁received ▁river ▁tax ▁rights , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁soon ▁given ▁back ▁to ▁Kob len z ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁ad verse ▁position ▁of ▁the ▁Rh ine - b anks ▁at ▁Eng ers . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 6 2 , ▁the ▁p est il ence ▁killed ▁nearly ▁all ▁families ▁of ▁Eng ers ▁except ▁six ▁of ▁them . ▁Famil ies ▁from ▁the ▁nearby ▁village ▁Re il ▁re located ▁to ▁Eng ers ▁afterwards , ▁thus ▁Eng ers ▁started ▁expand ing ▁again . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁under ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime ▁Jewish ▁families ▁were ▁ban ished ▁from ▁Eng ers . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁the ▁German ▁army ▁destroyed ▁the ▁Eng ers - U rm itz ▁bridge ▁( former ly ▁named ▁K ron pr in z - Wil helm - Br ücke ), ▁ign oring ▁fle eing ▁com rad s ▁and ▁civ ili ans ▁still ▁crossing ▁the