 It contains the villages of Engelsbrand, Salmbach, and Grunbach.The three villages of Engelsbrand, Salmbach, and Grunbach were founded in the 11th or 12th centuries "Waldhufendorf" as part of the settling of the area around Hirsau Abbey.The first documentation of the communities occurred on 24 July 1404, when canons from Brötzingen requested the separation of several villages, including the Engelsbrand three, from Brötzingen for the formation of a new parish in Langenbrand.