# Hausach

Hausach (German: ; Low Alemannic: Huusä) 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 Landkreis Wolfach [de]. On 1 Jul 1971, the town of Einbach was incorporated into Hausach. As a result of the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform [de], 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 945 meters (3,100 ft) Normalnull (NN) at the Brandenkopf to a low of 221 meters (725 ft) 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.
| Party | 2014 | 2019 | 2024 |
| CDU | 6 seats | 6 seats | 5 seats |
| SPD | 4 seats | 3 seats | 3 seats |
| FW | 6 seats | 6 seats | 8 seats |
| Greens | 2 seats | 3 seats | 2 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.
| Term | Mayor | Notes |
| 1811–1823 | Severin Wernhöre | |
| 1823–1827 | Joachim Sattler | |
| 1849 | Rudolf Streit | Named "Mayor of the Revolutionaries" from May to July 1849 |
| 1827–1856 | Johann Georg Waidele | |
| 1856-1865 | Josef Buchholz | |
| 1865–1870 | Hermann Becherer | |
| 1870–1882 | Constantin Schmid | |
| 1882–1888 | Valentin Dorner | |
| 1888–1903 | Johann Nepomuk Hämmerle | |
| 1903–1917 | Gustav Adolf Rist | |
| 1917–1918 | Fidel Renner | |
| 1919–1933 | Karl Moog | |
| 1933–1934 | Emil Wimmer | |
| 1934–1935 | Alfred Haas | |
| 1935–1945 | Fritz Kölmel | |
| 1945 | Josef Jäckle | Named "emergency mayor" after World War Two |
| 1945–1946 | Paul Rist | |
| 1945–1946 | Otto Heizmann | |
| 1946–1969 | Eugen Heizmann | |
| 1969–1993 | Manfred Kienzle | |
| 1993–2001 | Gerhard Scharf | |
| 2001–2017 | Manfred Wöhrle | |
| Since 2017 | Wolfgang 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 2023 :
| Year | 1800 | 1900 | 1925 | 1970 | 1972 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Population | 800 | 1,665 | 2,227 | 4,450 | 5,182 | 5,815 | 5,779 | 5,746 | 5,715 | 5,746 | 5,809 | 5,768 | 5,775 | 5,759 | 5,737 | 5,788 | 5,800 |

## 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 Bundesstraße 33 [de].