[3] The municipality (Gemeinde) of Dormettingen covers 6.55 square kilometers (2.53 sq mi) of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States.

It is physically located on the Little Heuberg [de], a plateau above the Schlichem where oil shale can be found in the upper Liassic layers.

[3] The Federally-protected Riedbach valley [de] nature reserve is located inside Dormettingen's municipal area.

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.