Gomaringen is a municipality located about 10 km south of Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

 in the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 state

States of Germany

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 of Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

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Geographical Position

Gomaringen is located in the valley of the stream Wiesaz

Wiesaz

Wiesaz is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg...

, a tributary of the Steinlach

Steinlach

The Steinlach is a small river with a length of in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a tributary to the Neckar.It has its source in the Eckenbachgraben, a gap in the Swabian Alb mountain range. The source is on the territory of the town of Mössingen, on a height of 700 m above sea level. The...

, which in turn flows into the Neckar

Neckar

The Neckar is a long river, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, but also a short section through Hesse, in Germany. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the River Rhine...

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Neighboring municipalities

The following cities

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 and Municipalities border Gomaringen in clockwise

Clockwise

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 order starting from the north. They belong to District of Tübingen

Tübingen (district)

Tübingen is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Böblingen, Reutlingen, Zollernalbkreis and Freudenstadt.-History:...

 or to District of Reutlingen

Reutlingen (district)

Reutlingen , nicknamed "Das Tor zur Schwäbischen-Alb" , is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....

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• Kusterdingen
  Kusterdingen
  Kusterdingen is a municipality in southern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 30 km south of Stuttgart, in the district of Tübingen.-Geography:...
  
  
• Reutlingen
  Reutlingen
  Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....
  
   (Reutlingen District)
• Mössingen
  Mössingen
  Mössingen is a town in the district of Tübingen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated north of the Swabian Alb, about 13 km south of Tübingen....
  
  
• Nehren
• Dußlingen
  Dußlingen
  Dußlingen is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The village was named for the first time in the records as 'villa Tuzzilinga' in the year 888. By 1135 it was called Tuzzelingen, in 1216 it was called Tusselingen. The name itself comes from the personal name...
  
  
• Tübingen
  Tübingen
  Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
  
  

Formation of the municipality

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

History

• The ending of the name "ingen" is proof for the first settlement done by the Alamanni
  Alamanni
  The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Rhine river . One of the earliest references to them is the cognomen Alamannicus assumed by Roman Emperor Caracalla, who ruled the Roman Empire from 211 to 217 and claimed thereby to be...
  
  
• The name "Gomaringen" is first mentioned in a document in 1191, the chronicle of Berthold von Zwiefalten
  Zwiefalten
  Zwiefalten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen, located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town...
  
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• 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
  Bebenhausen
  Bebenhausen is a village in the Tübingen district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Since 1974 it is a district of the city of Tübingen, its smallest one. It is located 3 km north of Tübingen proper , in the southeastern part of the protected landscape of the Schönbuch, a dense forest...
  
  , the domestical monastery of the Pfalzgrafen von Tübingen.
• 1499: Gomaringen and its contemporary settlements Hinterweiler und Stockach are bought by Reutlingen
  Reutlingen
  Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....
  
  . 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
  Württemberg
  Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
  
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• 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 07 June 2009 had the following results at the last reapportionment:

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

Traffic

The state road L 230 links the town to the federal road B 27 and thereby to Tübingen

Tübingen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

 and Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

. The state road L 394 links Gomaringen east-bound to Reutlingen

Reutlingen

Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....

. The state road L 384 provides the link from Gomaringen to the Schwaebische Alb.

Public transport

Public transport

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

External links

• Official Internet site of the municipality