Hausach#Transportation
{{Short description|German city}}
{{Infobox German location
|type = City
|image_photo = Hausach.jpg
|image_caption =
|image_coa = DEU Hausach (Kinzigtal) COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48|17|07|N|08|10|47|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Hausach in OG.svg
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Freiburg
|district = Ortenaukreis
|elevation = 238
|area = 36.07
|postal_code = 77756
|area_code = 07831
|licence = OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 17 041
|website = {{URL|http://www.hausach.de/}}
}}
Hausach ({{IPA|de|ˈhaʊzax|lang|De-Hausach.ogg}}; {{langx|gsw|label=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 {{ill|Landkreis Wolfach|de}}. On 1 Jul 1971, the town of Einbach was incorporated into Hausach. As a result of the {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973}}, Hausach was assigned to the Ortenau district.{{cite web|title=Hausach|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/10678/Hausach|website=LEO-BW|publisher=Baden-Württemberg|language=de|access-date=22 July 2020}}
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 {{convert|945|m|sp=us}} Normalnull (NN) at the Brandenkopf to a low of {{convert|221|m|sp=us}} 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.
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party |
| bgcolor="{{party color|CDU/CSU}}" |
|CDU |6 seats |6 seats |5 seats |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}" |
|SPD |4 seats |3 seats |3 seats |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Free Voters}}" |
|FW |6 seats |6 seats |8 seats |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance 90/The 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.{{cite news|title=Arbois und Hausach im Herzen|url=https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.hausach-arbois-und-hausach-im-herzen.955cde61-56a0-4d19-a9b9-34ef6b72d5e5.html|work=Schwarzwälder Bote|date=15 October 2019|language=de|access-date=22 July 2020}}
= Mayor =
The mayor of Hausach is Wolfgang Hermann, who was elected in 2017.
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Term{{Cite web |title=Bürgermeister Hausach |url=https://www.freie-waehler-hausach.de/index.php/portfolio/buergermeister-hausach.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=www.freie-waehler-hausach.de}}{{Cite book |title=Hausacher Heimatbrief 2008 |date=2008 |publisher=Burgblick Hausach |location=Hausach |publication-date=2008 |pages=50–53 |language=German |trans-title=Hausach Home Letter 2008}} !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 <!-- This section's formatting becomes problematic with the inclusion of the collapsible table in the "Mayor" sub-section -->
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.
| class="wikitable"
|+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 {{ill|Bundesstraße 33|de}}.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website}} {{in lang|de}}
{{Cities and towns in Ortenau (district)}}
{{Authority control}}