Aichelberg

Aichelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.Aichelberg is between Stuttgart and Ulm at the Albaufstieg, the slope of the Swabian Jura in 357–615 meters altitude. Characteristic of the location are the Aichelberg (564 m above sea level) and the Turmberg (609 m above sea level).GeologyThe northern and western part of the district lies on Black Jurassic, the other part on Brown Jurassic. Numerous fossils have been found mainly in the construction of the motorway. They can be seen at the Museum of Natural History Hauff in the neighboring community Holzmaden. The community is part of the in 1979 formed excavation reserve.Neighboring communitiesNeighboring municipalities are: Bad Boll, Zell unter Aichelberg and Gruibingen, all in the district of Göppingen, as well as Ohmden, Holzmaden and Weilheim an der Teck in the district of Esslingen.HistoryAichelberg was already in ancient times a settlement site. Thus, a Roman brick distillery and tableware shards from the 3rd century were found in November 2012 in excavations prior to the construction of the Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway near the A 8.