It is located nearby the castle Burg Hohenzollern, about 5 km east of Hechingen.

In former times, the city was located in Hohenzollern-Hechingen, a principality of the House of Hohenzollern, and a fiefdom of Swabian counts.

The following towns and municipalities border on Jungingen, clockwise from the north (all part of the Zollernalbkreis): Hechingen, Burladingen and Albstadt.

Jungingen was probably founded in the 4th century by Alemanni, named after a leader called "Jungo".

Under Konrad, the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia was at the peak of its power (1393–1407) after an invasion force under Konrad conquered the island of Gotland in 1398, destroyed Visby, and drove the Victual Brothers out of Gotland and the Baltic Sea.