Weil im Schonbuch

Weil im Schonbuch is a municipality within the Boblingen district, center Neckar vicinity, Stuttgart governmental district, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. Its unusual name weil method due to the fact in German is derived from the presence of a Roman villa in the vicinity. Two smaller villages, Neuweiler and Breitenstein, are integrated into Weil im Schonbuch. Portions of the Schonbuch Natural Park belong to Weil im Schonbuch; the forested park has many scenic paths, ponds, streams and guarded regions for animals and rare plants. Traces of human pastime in the area have been dated to the Neolithic and Bronze Age.

A Roman settlement changed into established inside the 1^st century C.E. and a villa rustica become excavated near the Toten bachmuhle. More Roman artifacts had been found during protection of the St. Martin’s church in 1904. A 90-cm-high statue of Diana became located in the city. In the 4^th century the Alamanni settled in the oldest a part of the village, today's Maierhof. It is not sure whether the place changed into constantly inhabited after that. In 1087 turned into the first recorded mention of the area whilst a Rudolf of Breitenstein was listed as a vassal of the Counts Palatinate of Tubingen.