title: Zusmarshausen
text: # Zusmarshausen
  
  Zusmarshausen is a municipality in the district of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. The 1648 Battle of Zusmarshausen took place here.
  
  It lies on the river Zusam and is a part of the Augsburg Western Woods Nature Park. Its districts are Friedensdorf, Gabelbach, Gabelbachergreut, Steinekirch, Streitheim, Vallried, Wollbach, Wörleschwang and Zusmarshausen itself.
  
  ## Local council (Marktgemeinderat)
  
  The local council has 20 members (Elections in March 2014):
  
  * CSU: 8 seats
  * Wählergruppe Freie Wählervereinigung: 7 seats
  * SPD/Aktives Bürgerforum: 5 seats
  
  Bernhard Uhl has served as the mayor of Zusmarshausen since 2014 and was reelected on 15 March 2020 with 63.6% of votes cast. Uhl's predecessor as mayor of Zusmarshausen was Albert Lettinger (FWV) (1996–2014).
  
  