Its name was initially Stetten-Rommelshausen, but a community referendum resulted in its being changed to Kernen im Remstal, after a local hill.

[2] Stetten also enjoyed a period of growth after World War II and spread to the north and west.

[2] The municipality (Gemeinde) of Kernen im Remstal is found in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.

[2] The municipal coat of arms for Kernen shows six diamonds, the upper three blue and the lower three black, upon a field of yellow.

This coat of arms, and an accompanying municipal flag, were awarded to Kernen by the Rems-Murr district office on 3 January 1977.