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{{Primary sources|date=December 2007}}
{{Infobox German location
|image_plan        = Karte Gomaringen.png
|image_coa         = Wappen Gomaringen.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|48.4520|9.1000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|state         = Baden-Württemberg
|region   = Tübingen
|district          = Tübingen
|elevation               = 474
|area             = 17.3 
|postal_code                = 72810
|area_code            = 07072
|licence                = TÜ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 16 015
|divisions         = 3 [[Ortsteil]]e 
|website           = [http://www.gomaringen.de/ www.gomaringen.de]
|mayor             = Steffen Heß<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;28
}}
'''Gomaringen''' is a municipality located about 10&nbsp;km south of [[Tübingen]] in the [[Germany|German]] [[States of Germany|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 [[city|cities]] and [[Municipalities]] border Gomaringen in [[clockwise]] order starting from the north. They belong to [[Tübingen (district)|District of Tübingen]] or to [[Reutlingen (district)|District of Reutlingen]].
*[[Kusterdingen]]
*[[Reutlingen]] (Reutlingen District)
*[[Mössingen]]
*[[Nehren (Württemberg)|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:
*[[Freie Wähler|FWV]] - 7 seats
*[[Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands|SPD]] - 4 seats
*[[Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands|CDU]] - 4 seats
*[[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|Grüne Liste]] - 3 seats

===International town partnership===
* [[Arcis-sur-Aube]] in France, since 1976

==Culture==
[[Image:Gomaringer Schloss.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Gomaringen Castle]]

===Museums===
* [[Gustav Schwab|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.

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

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[[Category:Tübingen (district)]]