# Celts settle in southern Poland (-400)

URL: https://poland-history.com/timeline/-400-celts-settle-in-southern-poland
Location: Silesia and Lesser Poland

Celtic groups of the La Tène culture settled in Lower Silesia and around Kraków, introducing the potter's wheel, advanced ironworking and coinage. Within the broader Bronze & Iron Age period: In the late Bronze and early Iron Ages the Lusatian and Pomeranian cultures built fortified settlements such as Biskupin, while Celtic and early Germanic groups introduced new technologies and long-distance trade. At this point in the timeline (c. 400 BCE), the governing authority was Bronze and Iron Age cultures (No single ruler). Lusatian, Pomeranian, Celtic and early Germanic communities organised themselves in fortified settlements and chiefdoms without any overarching political authority. Celts settle in southern Poland mattered because movements of peoples reshaped the population, languages and cultures of the lands that became Poland. The event is placed here so readers can follow it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion and culture across Polish history.

## Why it matters
Celts settle in southern Poland mattered because movements of peoples reshaped the population, languages and cultures of the lands that became Poland.

Ruler at the time: [Bronze and Iron Age cultures](https://poland-history.com/rulers/bronze-and-iron-age-cultures)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Celts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Celts settle in southern Poland](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Celts+settle+in+southern+Poland)
- [Wikipedia — Lusatian culture (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusatian_culture)