Dotternhausen
Municipality
Dotternhausen town hall
Dotternhausen town hall
Coat of arms of Dotternhausen
Coat of arms
Location of Dotternhausen within Zollernalbkreis district
Dotternhausen is located in Germany
Dotternhausen
Dotternhausen
Dotternhausen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Dotternhausen
Dotternhausen
Coordinates: 48°13′41″N 08°47′34″E / 48.22806°N 8.79278°E / 48.22806; 8.79278
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictZollernalbkreis
Government
 • Mayor (2020–28) Marion Maier[1]
Area
 • Total10.00 km2 (3.86 sq mi)
Elevation
666 m (2,185 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,855
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
72359
Dialling codes07427
Vehicle registrationBL
Websitewww.dotternhausen.de

Dotternhausen is a municipality in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Dotternhausen became a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 and was assigned to Oberamt Balingen. In 1810, it was reassigned to Oberamt Spaichingen and then to Oberamt Rottweil in 1842. That district was dissolved in 1938, so Dotternhausen was again reassigned, this time to the newly-created Landkreis Balingen. Dotternhausen began period of steady growth after World War II, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1973, when Baden-Württemberg reorganized its administrative geography, and Dotternhausen was assigned to the new district of Zollernalb.[3]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Dotternhausen covers 10 square kilometers (3.9 sq mi) of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is physically located along the edge of the Swabian Jura, with the town of Dotternhausen at the foot of the Plettenberg. The primary watercourses in the municipal area are the Schlichem, which forms its southern border, and the Katzenbach, which flows into the Eyach near Balingen. Elevation above sea level in the municipality ranges from a low of 579 meters (1,900 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a high of 1,002 meters (3,287 ft) NN at the top of the Plettenberg.[3]

A portion of the Federally-protected Plettenkeller nature reserve is located in Dotternhausen's municipal area.[3]

Coat of arms

Dotternhausen's coat of arms displays a stag in yellow, posed and facing left, over a field of blue. This pattern was used by the Lords of Dotternhausen Castle, but the blue-yellow tincture was an addition by the municipal government. The coat of arms was approved by the Reichsstatthalter of Württemberg on 20 December 1938.[3]

Transportation

Dotternhausen is connected to Germany's network of Federal highways by Bundesstraße 27. Local rail traffic is made up entirely of freight trains.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dotternhausen". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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