Sternenfels (Translation: star rock—a meaning which inspired the town coat of arms) has a peculiar location and citizens.

It is the starting or end point for several hiking or walking trails as well as part of Württemberg Wine route from Weikersheim to Metzingen.

The castle hill, with a height of about 400 m (1,300 ft), allows portions of Sternenfels to overlook the neighboring Kraichgau.

[9] The major rain storms generally happen earlier in the year than in the rest of the region, though this helps the local vineyards.

[9] However the peculiar site and a vibrant community life make Sternenfels till today an outstanding municipality.

[10][11] Derived from high German nobility[12] they were related with the Herren von Kürnbach and mentioned as early as the 12th century.

The local quarries were used to produce masonry and "stubensand", an early abrasive which was very popular for household cleaning in the 18th and 19th centuries.

[9] Sternenfels image was coined by the "sandbauern", farmers that produced stubensand and wove baskets besides farming.

The Late Triassic Stuben Sandstone formation (German: Stubensandstein, the source of Stubensand) around Sternenfels contains as well small amounts of gold.

[16] The two-day trial caused major public attraction since Bechtler invited the farmers to have huge amount of stubensand washed.

[17] As well the Schweitzer factory, an industrial complex founded around 1900 producing measurement devices[18] provided over hundred work places but closed down 1995.

The site was converted in an innovation center allowing small companies sharing basic facilities and as well teleworking work places.

[19] The Sternenfels Workers Guild founded 1875 was one of the first social democratic local organizations in the German southwest.

The highly modern and prized architecture[20] of the multipurpose hall is used for sports, local events and—via a separate entry to the cemetery—to convene for burial services.

The neighboring parish center, built in the 1980s is named after the pietist preacher and famous 19th-century labour delegate Christoph Blumhardt.

The pool guards, ticket sales, concerts and night activities and a recently installed beach volley field are managed on a non commercial base.