Holzhausen is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is one of the smaller communities within the district, which lies in the Hausruckviertel region of the state.
The municipality is situated in the Alpine foothills of Upper Austria, near the city of Wels, the administrative centre of the surrounding district. Like many settlements in this part of the country, it is a rural community composed of a main village and a number of outlying hamlets and farmsteads.
Holzhausen is administered as a single municipality within the Wels-Land district, one of the districts that make up the state of Upper Austria. Its name, meaning "houses in the wood," reflects the wooded landscape characteristic of the area.