Zuzenhausen

Zuzenhausen
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Zuzenhausen within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 49°18′N 8°49′E / 49.300°N 8.817°E / 49.300; 8.817
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Sinsheim
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Hagen Zuber[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	11.64 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,290
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	74939
Dialling codes	06226
Vehicle registration	HD
Website	www.zuzenhausen.de

Zuzenhausen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and is part of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.

Zuzenhausen is in the northern part of Kraichgau, about 8 km from Sinsheim in the Elsenz river valley.

The municipality is bordered to the north by Meckesheim, to the east by Eschelbronn, to the south by the city of Sinsheim, and to the west by Dielheim.

Together with the Zent of Meckesheim, Zuzenhausen became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1330. The overlordship of the castle and the town, however, belonged to the Bishopric of Speyer. Speyer enfeoffed the Barons von Venningen at least partially since the 14th century and completely from 1637. In 1803 Zuzenhausen became part of Baden. With the municipal reform of Baden-Württembergischen, Zuzenhausen retained its independence and entered a municipal association with Sinsheim and Angelbachtal in 1974.

The municipal council consists of 10 members in addition to the chairperson and the mayor.

The mayor is Hagen Zuber, elected in July 2018.

The coat of arms comes from a court seal from 1748. It was fashioned by the General State Archive in 1905. The house is a pictorial representation of the community name. The lily staves are from the coat of arms of the barons of Venningen, who lorded over Zuzenhausen for hundreds of years.

The flag is red and white and was awarded by the Ministry of the State in 1963.

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Every two years Zuzenhausen celebrates the Dachsenfranzfest, a historical Volksfest in memory of Franzesko Regali, Dachsenfranz. Dachsenfranz was a city icon of Italian heritage. He lived in the region in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The Dachsenfranzfest was last celebrated in 2006.

In Zuzenhausen there is a primary school. Secondary schools are to be found in the surrounding communities.

• (in German) Official website
• (in German) Zuzenhausen in the hiking website badischewanderungen.de