Gomaringen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name =
Wappen = Wappen Gomaringen.pnglat_deg = 48.4520
lon_deg = 9.1000
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Tübingen
Höhe = 474
Fläche = 17.3
Einwohner = 8535
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 72810
Vorwahl = 07072
Kfz = TÜ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 16 015
Gliederung = 3 Ortsteile
Straße = Rathausstraße 4
Website = [http://www.gomaringen.de/ www.gomaringen.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred Schmiderer

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

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 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 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:
*FWV - 8 seats
*SPD - 5 seats
*CDU - 4 seats
*Grüne Liste - 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 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schw%C3%A4bische_Alb Schwaebische Alb] .

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

External links

* [http://www.gomaringen.de/ Official Internet site of the municipality]