 Popularly recognized is a former village named Hirsau (not to be confused with Hirsau in Baden-Württemberg) that sprang up around the "Hirsauer Kirche", an old country church, now no longer used, that still stands near Hundheim.It is unlikely that Hirsau was ever a proper village, even though it was an ecclesiastical and secular hub for the whole dale.What is far likelier is that it was a mere hamlet with a manor house, a rectory, buildings for personnel and commercial buildings near the church itself.