in the carolingian period, the village belonged to the aitrach to hegau and was assigned to the baar in the 12th century. originally owned by the counts of zollern the area eventually became part of the zähringers. in 1250 it was taken over by the count of fürstenberg. many centuries are dominated by local lords living in the community. significant gender of the local lords were the lords of schreckenstein (on the „upper castle“) and the lords of reischach (on the „lower castle“).