Editing History of Austria (section)

=== La Tène (Celtic) culture ===
In the later [[Iron Age]], the [[Celts|Celtic]] [[La Tène culture]] spread to Austria. This culture gave rise to the first-recorded local tribal ([[Taurisci]], [[Ambidravi]], [[Ambisontes]]) and place names. Out of this arose [[Noricum]] (2nd century to ''c''. 15 {{Smallcaps|b.c.}}) – a confederation of Alpine Celtic tribes (traditionally twelve) under the leadership of the [[Norici]]. It was confined to present-day southern and eastern Austria and part of [[Slovenia]]. The West was settled by the [[Raeti]].

[[Dürrnberg]] and [[Hallein]] (Salzburg) were Celtic salt settlements. In eastern [[Styria]] and the [[Burgenland]] (e.g., [[Oberpullendorf]]) high-quality iron ore was mined and processed, then exported to the Romans as ''ferrum noricum'' ([[Noric steel|Noric iron]]). This led to the creation of a Roman trading outpost on the [[Magdalensberg]] in the early 1st century {{Smallcaps|b.c.}}, later replaced by the Roman town Virunum. Fortified [[oppida|hilltop settlements]], e.g. [[Kulm bei Weiz|Kulm]] (east [[Styria]]), Idunum (mod. [[Villach]]), Burg ([[Schwarzenbach an der Pielach|Schwarzenbach]]), and Braunsberg ([[Hainburg an der Donau|Hainburg]]), were centers of public life. Some cities, such as [[Linz]], date back to this period also.