Hausach (; ) is a city in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History Hausach was founded in the 13th century, below Husen Castle. In the 14th century, it became a possession of the County of Fürstenberg, who gave the town its charter and maintained a residence in it. In 1806, Hausach was mediatized to the Grand Duchy of Baden. The town was assigned in 1813 to the district of Haslach, but in 1857 was reassigned to the district of Wolfach. In 1939, that district was reorganized as . On 1 Jul 1971, the town of Einbach was incorporated into Hausach. As a result of the , Hausach was assigned to the Ortenau district.
Geography The township (Stadt) of Hausach is part of the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is physically located in the Central Black Forest, at the center of the valley of the Kinzig. The elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) at the Brandenkopf to a low of NN along the Kinzig.
Politics Hausach has two boroughs (Stadtteile): Hausach and Einbach.
The town council has 18 seats with a municipal election being held every 5 years. Party20142019Wahlergebnis und Wahlbeteiligung - Gemeinderatswahl 2019. (2020, January 16). Hausach. Retrieved June 12, 2024, from https://www.hausach.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Website/Dateien/Rathaus_Service/Wahlen/Wahlergebnis_und_Wahlbeteiligung_Gemeinderatswahl_2019.pdf.2024CDU6 seats6 seats5 seatsSPD4 seats3 seats3 seatsFW6 seats6 seats8 seatsGreens2 seats3 seats2 seats Hausach twinned with Arbois, France in 1974. The 45th anniversary of that twinning was celebrated by a visit of 37 German functionaries to Arbois on 15 October 2019.
Mayor The mayor of Hausach is Wolfgang Hermann, who was elected in 2017. TermMayorNotes1811–1823Severin Wernhöre1823–1827Joachim Sattler1849Rudolf StreitNamed "Mayor of the Revolutionaries" from May to July 18491827–1856Johann Georg Waidele1856-1865Josef Buchholz1865–1870Hermann Becherer1870–1882Constantin Schmid1882–1888Valentin Dorner1888–1903Johann Nepomuk Hämmerle1903–1917Gustav Adolf Rist1917–1918Fidel Renner1919–1933Karl Moog1933–1934Emil Wimmer1934–1935Alfred Haas1935–1945Fritz Kölmel1945Josef JäckleNamed "emergency mayor" after World War Two1945–1946Paul Rist1945–1946Otto Heizmann1946–1969Eugen Heizmann1969–1993Manfred Kienzle1993–2001Gerhard Scharf2001–2017Manfred WöhrleSince 2017Wolfgang Hermann
Coat of Arms Hausach's coat of arms displays half-timber framework of a gable in red on a field of white. The oldest town seals used in Hausach, dating back to 1453, used a house of timber, then stone, and then from 1655 of a half-timber design. This last symbol became the one permanently associated with Hausach by 1771.
Demographics As of mid-2023, Hausach had a population of 5,800. 865 of these people (~1.5%) were foreigners while the other 4,935 were German. +Population of Hausach from 1800 to 2023Year18001900192519701972201120122013201420152016201720192020202120222023Population8001,6652,2274,4505,1825,8155,7795,7465,7155,7465,8095,7685,7755,7595,7375,7885,800
Transportation Hausach is served by the Kinzig Valley Railway and the Black Forest Railway and is connected to Germany's network of Federal highways by .
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