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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Tübingen

Elevation
  
474 m (1,555 ft)

Area
  
17.3 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 4:31 PM

Dialling code
  
07072

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Tübingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
8,599 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
72810

Administrative region
  
Tübingen

Gomaringen

Weather
  
18°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 36% Humidity

Gomaringen is a municipality located about 10 km south of Tübingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Contents

Map of Gomaringen, Germany

Geographical Position

Gomaringen is located in the valley of the stream Wiesaz, a tributary of the Steinlach, which in turn flows into the Neckar.

Neighboring municipalities

The following cities and Municipalities border Gomaringen in clockwise order starting from the north. They belong to District of Tübingen or to District of Reutlingen.

  • Kusterdingen
  • Reutlingen (Reutlingen District)
  • Mössingen
  • Nehren
  • Dußlingen
  • Tübingen

    • Formation of the municipality

    The settlements Hinterweiler and Stockach belong to the municipality of Gomaringen.

    History

  • The ending of the name "ingen" is proof for the first settlement done by the Alamanni
  • The name "Gomaringen" is first mentioned in a document in 1191, the chronicle of Berthold von Zwiefalten.
  • Werner von Gomaringen (approx. 1356-1393) and Peter von Gomaringen (1393-1412) belonging to the house of the Herren von Gomaringen become abbots of Bebenhausen, the domestical monastery of the Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen.
  • 1499: Gomaringen and its contemporary settlements Hinterweiler und Stockach are bought by Reutlingen. For a 150-year-long era reeves take care of the interests of the imperial city.
  • 1648: Because of the high contributions in the Thirty Years War Reutlingen had to pay as an imperial city, it needed to sell Gomaringen and Hinterweiler to Württemberg.
  • 1807: Gomaringen becomes member of the Oberamt, later the district Reutlingen.
  • 1973: As a result of the district reformation in 1973, the municipality changed districts, from Reutlingen to Tübingen.

    • Politics

    Gomaringen is the seat of the municipal administration cooperation "Steinlach-Wiesaz". Other members are Dußlingen and Nehren.

    Town Council

    The last town election on 7 June 2009 had the following results at the last reapportionment:

  • FWV - 7 seats
  • SPD - 4 seats
  • CDU - 4 seats
  • Grüne Liste - 3 seats

    • International town partnership

  • Arcis-sur-Aube in France, since 1976

    • Museums

  • Gustav-Schwab-Museum inside the castle palace

    • Castles

  • Castle Gomaringen, started 1837 finished 1841, was the home of Gustav Schwab.

    • Traffic

    The state road L 230 links the town to the federal road B 27 and thereby to Tübingen and Stuttgart. The state road L 394 links Gomaringen east-bound to Reutlingen. The state road L 384 provides the link from Gomaringen to the Schwaebische Alb.

    Public transport is provided by Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The town is in comb no. 113.

    References

    Gomaringen Wikipedia
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