The four former independent villages Unterglottertal, Oberglottertal, Ohrensbach und Föhrental were associated to the Glottertal municipal.

The 1914 built Carlsbau in Glottertal was the set for the 1980s medical drama television series The Black Forest Clinic.

[3][4] The first archaeologic artefacts demonstrating iron smelting date back to the Roman time.

The town is located in a small valley south east of the Kandel mountain.

The valley opens to the west and the water of the small river Glotter reaches the Elz and little later the Rhine.