Gomaringen
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 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.