Wels

Wels is a metropolis in Upper Austria, at the Traun River close to Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a populace of approximately 60,000, the 8th biggest metropolis in Austria. The region of Wels has been settled since the Neolithic technology as evidenced by means of archaeological finds of easy tools, mainly from across the banks of the Traun River in what is now the city center. A Bronze Age cemetery turned into observed within the region of the present day airport and dated to the time of the Urnfield Culture. It contained 60 graves with such items as bronze rings and food.

Swords from the Halstatt Period had been observed inside the place of Pernau. During the Iron Age La Tene Culture Celts inhabited the region, leaving behind gold cash, swords, earthenware and iron brooches. The name Traun comes from this time and it is possible the Wels is similarly of Celtic starting place. The call Wels may be Celtic for Settlement on the bend of the Traun River.