traces 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.