Herrenberg is a town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, about 30 kmsouth of Stuttgart and 20 km from Tübingen. After Sindelfingen, Böblingen, and Leonberg, it is the fourth largest town in the district of Böblingen. The number of inhabitants of Herrenberg exceeded 20,000 in 1972 due to the incorporation of the following formerly independent municipalities:In 1965 AffstättIn 1971 Haslach, Kayh, Kuppingen, and MönchbergIn 1972 OberjesingenIn 1975 Gültstein