The municipality was formed in 1977 by putting together eleven districts during the so-called Gebietsreform.

During the time of the Celts the area must have already been inhabited since the so-called "Heuneburg" on a hill in Fischbachtal was a Celtic castle where the people and their animals from the region could flee (Fluchtburg).

To construct such a building, a lot of helping hands must have been living nearby.

The oldest available documents date back to 1651 and are the so-called "Haingerichtsbücher" (written rules of the peasants in Brandau).

[citation needed] During the revolution in 1848 and due to failure of crops, huge parts of the inhabitants of the villages emigrated to North America.