 A New Apostolic church, as well as a Methodist community, can also be found in Dornstetten.The arms of Dornstetten consist of a black five-pointed antler (representing Württemberg) above a black thornbush (canting arms based on the town's name, as "Dorn" means "thorn" in German)

Dornstetten enjoys a partnership with Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin in the "department" of Haute Saône in France, where students from Dornstetten Gymnasium participate yearly in a student exchange program.The city maintains a bus line and belongs to the Transport Association of the District of Freudenstadt, the VGF ("Verkehrs-Gemeinschaft Landkreis Freudenstadt").