The Hallstatt culture can be split into an eastern an a western part. The dividing line runs through the Czech Republic and Austria, between 14 and 15 degrees east

Drinking Horn from the Hallstatt culture

Brooches found in a grave of the Hallstatt culture

The Hallstatt culture is named after Hallstatt, a city in Austria in which the first artifacts were found. It lasted from about 1200 BC to about 275 BC.

There were different periods that are now told apart mainly by the kinds of brooches used. The brooches changed rather rapidly and permit a good estimate. Hallstatt culture sites have been found in the east of France, in Switzerland, in the south of Germany, in Austria, in Slovenia and Croatia, northwestern Hungary, southwestern Slovakia and southern Moravia.