Gosheim

Geschichte

Gosheim is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.GeographyGosheim lies at the foot of the Lemberg, the highest mountain of Swabian Alps. This mountain, at 1015m, is the highest peak of the range. It is part of the Heuberg plateau. The town boundary lies on the escarpment.Neighboring communitiesThe town is bordered on the north by Deilingen, on the east by Wehingen, on the southeast by Bubsheim and Böttingen, on the south by Denkingen, and on the west by Frittlingen and Wellendingen in the Rottweil district.Community structureThe town includes the village of Gosheim and the farmstead of Aumühle.HistoryTraces of settlement from the Hallstatt period have been found. Gosheim first appears in 1295 as Gossheim in a charter of Count Albrecht II of Hohenberg. The village was a dependency (Vogtei) of the castle of Wehingen and from 1351 part of Austria. In 1805 the village was transferred to Württemberg. From 1806 to 1938 Gosheim belonged to the oberamt of Spaichingen, and since 1938 to the Tuttlingen district.