City & region
History 
Gommern followed from a slavish settlement in
a rampart castle which was placed on hill in the
Ehletal. The water castle still exists today. Its keep,
designated in the vernacular as "onion tower", is
regarded as a landmark of the town.
948 The first mention of Gommern was by Kaiser Otto I. in
a document for the creation of the diocese of Brandenburg
1269 - 1808 Was part of Saxon territory
1575 First mentioned as a borough i.e. a village with certain amount
of city rights
2nd. half Development from a borough to a small market town
17. Hundreds
1713 First mentioned as a town
1808 - 1813 Canton Gommern in the Kingdom of Westphalia under Napoleon
after 1813 After a war of liberation against Napoleon Gommern was
represented in the
by Wiener congress in 1815
Middle The start of the industrial boom Even until after the 2nd world war
19. Hundreds the town kept its character of a "farming town"
1951 - 1999 Downfall the quarry / mining industry and the Footwear industry
as well as dismantling of the sugar works as a reparation
payment, Settlement of the companies of the geological,
industry and of the development of Gommern as a centre
for the mineral oil natural gas industry in the former
Today Gommern ist a centre and "administration" seat of an community
- a small town in the Jerichow district
