Hausen AG

Sister cities

• Hausen im Wiesental

History

Iron Age graves near Hausen indicate that the area has a long history. The current village is built over a Roman era town, of which the remains of buildings, roads and water lines (including one that is still in operation) are still visible. Modern Hausen is first mentioned in 1254 as Husen. Hausen was part of the original Habsburg lands (). Religiously it was part of the parish of Windisch until 1978 when the village built its own Reformed Church. Economically, agriculture (especially vineyards) dominated. Though since the 18th Century, the textile industry has also been important in the village. During the Middle Ages limestone was quarried and in the 2nd half of the 19th Century clay was mined. A bus service to Hausen has existed since 1955. After about 1950 the a strong housing industry led to population growth. With the growth, the infrastructure of the village was expanded. At the end of the 20th Century, transportation was a major source of conflict between the municipality and the canton.

Geography

Hausen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 21.8% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 47.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 29.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 1.6% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 17.4% and transportation infrastructure made up 8.4%, while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.2%. 47.0% of the total land area is heavily forested. Of the agricultural land, 13.1% is used for growing crops and 7.5% is pastures, while 1.2% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is in rivers and streams. The municipality is located in the Brugg district. It consists of the former linear village of Hausen bei Brugg.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  17,514
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  13,708
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  13,196
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  11,281
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  7,262
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  6,420
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  6,271
• bow-winged grasshopper

  Chorthippus biguttulus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  5,848

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4 — 2020-10-25
  5 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2018-05-04
  2 km W of Schliengen, Germany