The first signs of human activity in the area date from the Bronze Age, but the earliest settlement to be detected so far was Celtic, from the sixth century B.C.E. From 90 to 260 C.E., the occupying Romans constructed streets and buildings in various parts of civitas alisinensis (the area which would later become Elsenzgau) to support the Neckar-Odenwald limes.
Human activity in this region began during the Bronze Age, with the earliest known settlement being Celtic from around 600 B.C.E. From approximately 90 to 260 C.E., Roman forces constructed roads and buildings within civitas alisinensis (the area that would eventually become Elsenzgau) to support the Neckar-Odenwald limes.