 At that time, Weil was the third-largest town (after Sindelfingen and Böblingen) in the Böblingen "Oberamt" (not identical with today’s Landkreis Böblingen).In the last days of the Second World War, Weil im Schönbuch was the scene of heavy fighting between German and French troops on April 21 and 22, 1945.Some of the local population were killed and 58 buildings were destroyed.