Dormettingen
{{Short description|German municipality}}
{{Infobox German place
|name=Dormettingen
|type=Gemeinde
|image_photo=KircheDormettingenWinter.JPG
|image_caption=St. Matthew's Church, Dormettingen
|image_coa = Wappen Dormettingen.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48|14|20|N|08|46|29|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Dormettingen in BL.svg
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Tübingen
|district = Zollernalbkreis
|elevation = 644
|area = 6.55
|mayor = Anton Müller[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
|leader_term = 2017–25
|postal_code = 72358
|area_code = 07427
|licence = BL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 17 015
|website = {{URL|http://www.dormettingen.de/}}
}}
Dormettingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
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 {{ill|Oberamt Spaichingen|de}} but in 1842 was reassigned to {{ill|Oberamt Rottweil|de}}. When this district was dissolved in 1938, Dormettingen was assigned to {{ill|Landkreis Balingen|de}}. Dormettingen doubled in size after World War II thanks to growth periods from the 1960s to the 1990s. As part of the {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973}}, Landkreis Balingen was dissolved, and Dormettingen was assigned to the newly created district of Zollernalb.{{cite web|title=Dormettingen|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/16342/Dormettingen|website=LEO-BW|publisher=Baden-Württemberg|language=de|access-date=16 July 2020}}
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Dormettingen covers {{convert|6.55|km2|sp=us}} of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States. It is physically located on the {{ill|Little Heuberg|de|Kleiner Heuberg}}, 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 {{convert|580|m|sp=us}} Normalnull (NN) to a high of {{convert|1001|m|sp=us}} NN.
The Federally-protected {{ill|Riedbach valley|de|Riedbachtal}} 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
Citations
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External links
- {{Official website}} (in German)
{{Cities and towns in Zollernalb district}}
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