Schwalldorf is located 7 km (4.35 mi) southwestern from Rottenburg am Neckar on the Gäu-Plateau with an elevation from 360 to 492 m. The area of the district is 581 hectares (1,440 acres).

The territories of the following villages adjoin Schwalldorf; they are, clockwise, beginning with the north: Bad Niedernau, Weiler, Dettingen, Hirrlingen, Frommenhausen, Bieringen and Obernau (all in the admin.

In that document a nobleman Fridericus de Swaldorff (Frederic of Schwalldorf) was mentioned.

Scores of excavation findings also allude to it, but the only real record is the deed of gift from 7 July 1304.

[3] At that time Schwalldorf was a subsidiary of the parish of Dettingen, which belonged to the commandry of the Knights Hospitaller in Hemmendorf.

In 1381 Rudolf III, Count of Hohenberg, sold the county in large part to the House of Habsburg.

When the Municipality of Schwalldorf was incorporated into the Town of Rottenburg on 1 January 1972, the mayor was replaced by a local representative (Ortsvorsteher).

The local representative is elected by the members of the advisory body for a period of five years.

In the first session the advisory body also elects the local representative for a period of five years.

The blue auger snail below the waved fess refers to the Schneckenhof ('snail yard'), which is one of the two settlement cores the village emerged from.

The blue waved fess shows a water amount and interprets the name of Schwalldorf, that shall derive from a well.

Another theory, which is more folk etymological, is represented by the blue swallow (German: Schwalbe) above the fess.

Today's parish church was built in 1733 in baroque style and is consecrated to the Holy Andrew.

Earlier there was a chapel which was mentioned for the first time in 1357, and that was, according to a document from 1437, consecrated to Saint Andrew as well.

Former associations and institutions in Schwalldorf that have been dissolved:[7] The village is remote from primary traffic routes.

Unlike in other suburbs of Rottenburg, a great population increase has not been registered in the past decades.

Deutsche Telekom requires a minimum number of 300 households demanding a faster connection in order for the old wires to be replaced; though there are those, especially seniors, who are not interested in a faster broadband connection.

In July 2008 a citizens' group for DSL was founded in Bieringen, a neighboring village of Schwalldorf.

However, in August the plan was canceled, because the town administration of Rottenburg announced an open call for tender.

{{ The Kreisstraße 6943 (K 6943, district road 6943) leads from Bad Niedernau (Rottenburg) or Frommenhausen into the village.