▁by ▁a ▁black ▁bear ▁on ▁a ▁silver ▁background . ▁ ▁History ▁Sp or adic ▁pre histor ic ▁finds ▁in ▁the ▁community ▁point ▁to ▁the ▁area ' s ▁having ▁been ▁settled ▁since ▁the ▁New ▁Stone ▁Age . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁a ▁small ▁settlement ▁arose ▁on ▁a ▁strip ▁of ▁grass land ▁between ▁the ▁woods ▁in ▁the ▁community ' s ▁south ▁end ▁and ▁the ▁mo or ▁in ▁the ▁north . ▁She ep ▁raising ▁was ▁the ▁sett lers ’ ▁main ▁liv elihood . ▁ ▁The ▁later ▁settlement ▁– ▁between ▁ 8 5 0 ▁BC ▁and ▁AD ▁ 5 0 ▁– ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁C elt ic ▁Hall stadt ▁culture , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁by ▁cer am ic ▁finds . ▁As ▁this ▁settlement ▁developed , ▁the ▁at ▁first ▁loose ▁structure ▁shift ed ▁to ▁a ▁much ▁t ighter ▁village ▁structure . ▁After ▁southern ▁Germany ▁was ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁about ▁AD ▁ 5 0 , ▁the ▁area ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire . ▁Some ▁finds ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁also ▁point ▁to ▁a ▁Roman ▁presence . ▁ ▁The ▁V ölker w ander ung , ▁beginning ▁about ▁AD ▁ 4 0 0 , ▁brought ▁with ▁it ▁new ▁sett lers : ▁the ▁German ic ▁stock ▁of ▁the ▁Bav ari i ▁put ▁down ▁roots ▁here . ▁Also , ▁a ▁small ▁A lem ann ic ▁tribe ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁Results ▁of ▁aer ial ▁arch ae ological ▁phot ography ▁show ▁loose , ▁scattered ▁settlement . ▁ ▁Under ▁Goth ic ▁rule ,