The large area municipality consists of the main town of Abtsgmünd as well as the five districts of Neubronn, Laubach, Untergröningen, Hohenstadt and Pommertsweiler and their associated villages and hamlets.

[3] Abtsgmünd has a share in the natural regions of the Eastern Alb Foreland and the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains, both of which belong to the Swabian Keuper-Lias Lands.

The main town of Abtsgmünd lies at the confluence of the Lein river into the Kocher (confluence elevation 367.4 m above sea level), predominantly on the left bank of the Kocher and left bank of the Lein.

In the Abtsgmünd district there is the village of Abtsgmünd, the hamlets of Altschmiede, Hangendenbuch, Neuschmiede, Schäufele, Vorderbüchelberg, Wilflingen and Wöllstein, the farmstead Birkholz and the residential areas Ausägmühle, Fischbach, Öl- und Sägmühle and Pulvermühle.

The late Romanesque ground floor of the parish church tower, built around 1200, shows that the settlement existed earlier.

The Wöllstein Castle was built from Abtsgmünd to secure the rule against the Schenken von Limpurg.

The owners changed frequently, but the feudal lordship of the Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen remained intact.

Due to its affiliation with the Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen, Abtsgmünd remained Catholic during the Reformation, while the Kocher valley from Schwäbisch Hall up to Untergröningen became Protestant in 1544.

The three red balls originate from the coat of arms of the Hack von Wöllstein family, who had their castle seat in Abtsgmünd.

On 26 November 1956, the municipality was granted the current coat of arms and flag by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.

Since 2007, Abtsgmünd has had an official partnership with the Italian municipality of Castel Bolognese in the Emilia-Romagna region, Province of Ravenna.

Furthermore, the Stuttgart administrative court is locally responsible for public law disputes from Abtsgmünd.

The district of Untergröningen was the terminus of the Upper Kochertalbahn railway line from Gaildorf, discontinued in 2005 and largely dismantled in 2009.

In the district of Untergröningen, Holopack Verpackungstechnik GmbH manufactures and packages products for the pharmaceutical industry.