Welzheim

Welzheim lies in the wooded uplands east of Stuttgart. Around AD 160 the Romans built two forts here on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian frontier, with a civilian settlement between them and south of the western fort. The later settlement was recorded as Wallenzin in 1181 and received town rights in 1266. The church of St Gall was consecrated in 1499, but much of Welzheim and its castle burned in 1556.

The lordship belonged to the Schenks of Limpurg until their male line died out in 1713. Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg gave it to Wilhelmine von Grävenitz in 1718; after her fall from favour, it returned to Württemberg in 1733. Fire again devastated the town in 1726, destroying nearly all its buildings and leaving the church in ruins. The church was rebuilt, followed by a new town hall in 1731.