Dotternhausen is a municipality in the

Zollernalbkreis The Zollernalbkreis () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district is located in the Swabian Alb, and contains the second highest elevation of this range, the high '' Oberhohenberg''. In the south-e ...

district, in

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History

Dotternhausen became a possession of the

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in 1805 and was assigned to . In 1810, it was reassigned to and then to in 1842. That district was dissolved in 1938, so Dotternhausen was again reassigned, this time to the newly created . Dotternhausen began period of steady growth after

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, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1973, when , and Dotternhausen was assigned to the new district of Zollernalb.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Dotternhausen covers of the Zollernalb district of

, one of the 16

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of the

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. It is physically located along the edge of the

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, 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

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(NN) to a high of NN at the top of the Plettenberg. A portion of the Federally-protected

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is located in Dotternhausen's municipal area.

Coat of arms

Dotternhausen's

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displays a stag in

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, posed and facing left, over a field of

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. This pattern was used by the Lords of , but the blue-yellow

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was an addition by the municipal government. The coat of arms was approved by the

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of Württemberg on 20 December 1938.

Transportation

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

References

External links

* (in German) {{Cities and towns in Zollernalb district Zollernalbkreis