Westerstetten

Westerstetten is a village in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.GeographyWesterstetten is situated in the Lone valley (Lonetal) in the Swabian Jura roughly 10km north of Ulm.Neighbouring VillagesThe neighbouring villages are, to the east, Holzkirch and Breitingen; to the south, Beimerstetten; to the southwest, Dornstadt; and to the northwest, Lonsee.StructureVillages incorporated to Westerstetten are Birkhof, Hinterdenkental and Vorderdenkental.HistoryEarly historyThe Lone valley with its caves was a popular settlement area in the Stone Age. Westerstetten itself however has no caves, and there have been no significant finds of this period.Roman periodSince 75 AD a Roman road connected the Ad Lunam castle in Lonsee-Urspring with Aquilea at Heidenheim. As part of the Alb Limes, this road marked for some time the external border of the Roman Empire.Late-Middleages1414 onwardsFrom 1414 to 1803, Westerstetten was part of the territory of Elchingen Abbey. When the abbey was dissolved in 1803 as part of the German Mediatisation, the village became part of Bavaria along with Elchingen. In 1810 the border between Bavaria and Württemberg was re-negotiated and Westerstetten became part of Württemberg.