evidence of prehistoric settlement abound in neufra and surrounding environs. graves and ceramics from neufra and freudenweiler date from the middle bronze age (c. 1500 bc) to the late bronze age (c. 1200 bc). other artifacts have been recovered from hallstatt culture sites. in more recent prehistory, roman finds, dating from the republic-era (c. 100 bc) were unearthed on the northern slope of mount ebinger.