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.[6]
Mayor
The mayor of Hausach is Wolfgang Hermann, who was elected in 2017.
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.[2]
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.
^Wahlergebnis 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.