Dormettingen

In 1805, Dormettingen, previously a possession of the County of Hohenberg and of Austria, became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg. It was assigned in 1810 to but in 1842 was reassigned to . When this district was dissolved in 1938, Dormettingen was assigned to . Dormettingen doubled in size after World War II thanks to growth periods from the 1960s to the 1990s. As part of the , Landkreis Balingen was dissolved, and Dormettingen was assigned to the newly created district of Zollernalb. ==Geography==

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Dormettingen covers of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States. It is physically located on the , a plateau above the Schlichem where oil shale can be found in the upper Liassic layers. The village of Dormettingen itself is found in a shallow trough, where it originated as a Haufendorf. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area varies from a low of Normalnull (NN) to a high of NN. The Federally-protected nature reserve is located inside Dormettingen's municipal area. ==Coat of arms==

Dormettingen's coat of arms shows two white rake upon a field of red. The pattern is derived from a 19th-century seal from the Schultheiß's office that also had a plowshare below the rakes. These items symbolize Dormettingen's agricultural history while its red-white tincture reference bot the County of Hohenberg and Austria. That tincture, and the exclusion of the plowshare, were decided when the Federal Ministry of the Interior first awarded a coat of arms to Dormettingen on 16 May 1950. A corresponding flag was issued by the Zollernalb district office on 23 August 1982. ==Transportation==

Dormettingen is connected to Germany's network of railways by the , which has a station in Dormettingen itself. Local public transportation is provided by the . ==Citations==