GOMARINGEN

Heraldic	Map
Coat of arms of Gomaringen	Map of Germany, highlighting the location of Gomaringen
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State:	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative Region:	Tübingen
Region:	Neckar-Alb
District:	Tübingen
Altitude:	474 m ü. NN
Area:	17,3 km²
Population:	8543 ''(Dec 31, 2005)''
Population density:	494 inhabitants per km²
Foreign Population:	8,7 %
Time Zone:	Central Europe Time (GMT+1)
Time Zone Daylight Saving:	Central Europe Summer Time (GMT+2)
Area Code:	07072
Licence Plate Code:	TÜ
Official municipal number:	08 4 16 015
Formation of the municipality:	3 settlements
Address of Town House:	Rathausstraße 4 72810 Gomaringen
Official Website:	www.gomaringen.de
E-Mail-Address:	[mailto:info@gomaringen.de info@gomaringen.de]
Politics
Mayor:	Manfred Schmiderer

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

Contents

Geography

Geographical Position

Neighboring municipalities

Formation of the municipality

History

Politics

Town Council

International town partnership

Culture

Museums

Castles

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

External links

Geography

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 und 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 municipalty 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 13 June 2004 had the following results at the last reapportionment:

★ FW - 8 seats

★ SPD - 5 seats

★ CDU - 4 seats

★ Grüne - 3 seats

International town partnership

★ Arcis-sur-Aube in France, since 1976

Culture

Museums

★ Gustav-Schwab-Museum inside the castle palace

Castles

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

Economy and infrastructure

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.

External links

★ Official Internet site of the muncipality