 Adjoining municipalities are in the north Altbach, in the northeast Plochingen, in the southeast Wernau, in the south Köngen, in the southwest Denkendorf and in the northwest Esslingen am Neckar.When it was settled in the 8th century, the area belonged to the "Lorsch Abbey an der Bergstraße".The settlement was mentioned for the first time as "Dizinsowe" in a deed of the monastery Sirnau in the year 1268.