Some of the earliest evidence of human habitation of the area of Dauchingen are
Roman and suggest a
villa rustica from between the years 88 to 138 AD. The first settlements in the area however are
Alemanni and dates to 270 AD. The first documentation of a settlement at Dauchingen comes from 1092 and refers to it "Tuchingen", a property of
St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest. Ownership of Dauchingen passed to the
Duchy of Zähringen, whose ruling house went extinct in 1218, and then to the , and then to
County of Fürstenberg. In 1405, the Fürstenbergs renounced their claim to Dauchingen in favor of the
County of Zollern. The town was sold in 1479 by Gregor von Roggwil of
Constance to the
Free Imperial City of
Rottweil. In 1803, Rottweil was
mediatized to the
Electorate of Württemberg, and Dauchingen thus became a possession of Württemberg. The town was assigned in 1806 or 1808 to . ==Geography==