Gommiswald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Almost a century later, in 1761, the priest Joseph Helg founded the Premonstratensian Mount Zion Abbey near the chapel.

Following the 1798 French invasion, the County of Uznach was finally freed from joint Schwyz and Glarus control.

In 1803 Gommiswald and Ernetschwil formed a short lived political municipality, but separated again in 1807.

Since 1960, the population has doubled and Gommiswald has developed into a residential and recreational community with new commercial buildings and many apartments, leading to an increase of commuting and urban sprawl.

Of the rest of the land, 8.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).

It consists of the village of Gommiswald/Gauen and the hamlets of Attenbach, Giegen, Ottenhofen, Ramendingen, Schubingen and Üetliburg.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Gules issuant from base a Hand Or with three fingers raised in blessing clad Sable with a Cross pattee Argent on cuff.

Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 50 are from Germany, 43 are from Italy, 152 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 15 are from Austria, 21 are from Turkey, and 49 are from another country.

[11] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Gommiswald is; 376 children or 14.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 358 teenagers or 13.6% are between 10 and 19.

[15] From the 2000 census[update], 1,711 or 65.0% are Roman Catholic, while 485 or 18.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

[11] The Uetliburg/Berg Sion near the village of Gommiswald is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.