Bronnen is situated on a high plateau with some built-up area along the main road winding down the slope into the valley of the river Rot.

[2] Bronnen itself was first mentioned as Brunnon in a document from 8 June 1157 in which a church in the village belonging to Saint Blaise Abbey is referred to.

Following the death of the last lord, Philipp Eduard von Freyberg zu Achstetten, the village was after some legal disputes inherited by his four sisters whose heirs eventually sold it to Wiblingen Abbey in 1710.

[2] During the course of the German mediatisation and the dissolution of Wiblingen Abbey, the village became part of the Electorate of Bavaria in 1805, and following the establishing of the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg.

[6] The coat of arms of Bronnen is parted per fess (horizontally) depicting in the upper division a burning golden candle and a golden crosier on azure, the candle being an attribute of St Blaise while the crozier represents the various monasteries under whose jurisdictions Bronnen fell or which had certain rights within the village.

Today the largest single employer is Erwin Halder KG with approximately 200 employees, manufacturing metal parts and components.