Dormettingen

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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 Template:Ill but in 1842 was reassigned to Template:Ill. When this district was dissolved in 1938, Dormettingen was assigned to Template:Ill. Dormettingen doubled in size after World War II thanks to growth periods from the 1960s to the 1990s. As part of the Template:Ill, Landkreis Balingen was dissolved, and Dormettingen was assigned to the newly created district of Zollernalb.[1]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Dormettingen covers Script error: No such module "convert". of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States. It is physically located on the Template:Ill, 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 Script error: No such module "convert". Normalnull (NN) to a high of Script error: No such module "convert". NN.[1]

The Federally-protected Template:Ill nature reserve is located inside Dormettingen's municipal area.[1]

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.[1]

Transportation

Dormettingen is connected to Germany's network of railways by the Template:Ill, which has a station in Dormettingen itself. Local public transportation is provided by the Template:Ill.[1]

Citations

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External links

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