Dauchingen is a municipality in the district of

Schwarzwald-Baar Schwarzwald-Baar () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Constance, the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, and the districts ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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History

Some of the earliest evidence of human habitation of the area of Dauchingen are

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and suggest a ''

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'' from between the years 88 to 138 AD. The first settlements in the area however are

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and dates to 270 AD. The first documentation of a settlement at Dauchingen comes from 1092 and refers to it "Tuchingen", a property of

St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest St. George's Abbey in the Black Forest (Kloster Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald) was a Benedictine monastery in St. Georgen im Schwarzwald in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Foundation to Reformation The monastery ...

. Ownership of Dauchingen passed to the

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, whose ruling house went extinct in 1218, and then to the , and then to

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. In 1405, the Fürstenbergs renounced their claim to Dauchingen in favor of the

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. The town was sold in 1479 by Gregor von Roggwil of

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to the

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Rottweil Rottweil (; Alemannic: ''Rautweil'') is a town in southwest Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rottweil was a free imperial city for nearly 600 years. Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alps, Rottweil has nearly 25,000 in ...

. In 1803, Rottweil was

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to the

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, and Dauchingen thus became a possession of Württemberg. The town was assigned in 1806 or 1808 to . In October 1810, the now

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which exist ...

ceded Dauchingen to the

Grand Duchy of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subs ...

per the . Dauchingen was assigned to the district of Villingen. As part of the , that district was dissolved and replaced with the new

district, to which Dauchingen was assigned. The town of Dauchingen began a steady

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to the south in the latter half of the 1970s.

Geography

Dauchingen is a municipality (''

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'') of the

district of

, one of the 16 states of the

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. The municipality lies at the northern edge of the district, along its border with

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. Inside Schwarzwald-Baar, Dauchingen borders Villingen-Schwenningen. Dauchingen is physically located in the

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. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN.

Coat of arms

The

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for Dauchingen displays a

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, facing to the right and holding a

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plowshare in its forepaws, upon a

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. This pattern was derived from a town seal used in 1807 that showed the Zähringen Lion, holding the letter "D" in its paws. The present coat of arms was designed by the in 1902, but it was not selected by the municipal council until after 1945. The coat of arms received approval for official use by the

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, which also issued an accompanying flag, on 18 August 1961.

Transportation

Dauchingen is connected to Germany's network of roadways by the

Bundesstraße 27 Bundesstraße 27 or B27 is a German federal road. It connects Blankenburg am Harz with Rafz in Switzerland. Route The Bundesstraße 27 crosses the following states and towns (north to south): * Saxony-Anhalt: Blankenburg am Harz * Lower Sax ...

and federal roadways and

Bundesautobahn 98 is a long motorway in southern Germany, originally intended to connect Weil am Rhein with the A 8 near Irschenberg. Currently, only three relatively short unconnected sections have been constructed: *Weil am Rhein to near Eichsel, wher ...

. It is also connected to Germany's railways by the Rottweil–Villingen railway, which passes through the municipality.

References

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* {{Authority control Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany