Hof (district)

District in Bavaria, Germany

Hof

District

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Country| Germany
State| Bavaria
Adm. region| Upper Franconia
Capital| Hof
Government

• District admin.| Oliver Bär (CSU)
Area

• Total

| 893 km2 (345 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2024)[1]

• Total

| 92,191
• Density| 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| HO, MÜB, NAI, REH, SAN
Website| landkreis-hof.de

Hof (German pronunciation: [hoːf] ⓘ) is a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Wunsiedel, Bayreuth, Kulmbach and Kronach, the states of Thuringia (district of Saale-Orla) and Saxony (district of Vogtlandkreis), and the Czech Republic. The city of Hof is an enclave within the district, as well as being the district's administrative seat.

## History

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Following a short regency by the Kingdom of Prussia (1791–1810) the region fell to Bavaria in 1810. The district was established in 1852. In the Bavarian communal reforms of 1972 it was merged with parts of the dissolved districts of Naila, Münchberg, Kronach and Rehau.

## Geography

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The Saxon Saale river originates in the south of the district, on the slopes of the Fichtel Mountains. From here it runs northwards, its valley separating the Fichtel Mountains in the east and the lower Franconian Forest hills in the west.

## Coat of arms

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The coat of arms displays two lions. They are from the arms of the counties of Weida and Nuremberg, who subsequently ruled over the region in the early Middle Ages.

## Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Towns  | Municipalities  |

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1. Helmbrechts
2. Lichtenberg
3. Münchberg
4. Naila
5. Rehau
6. Schauenstein
7. Schwarzenbach am Wald
8. Schwarzenbach an der Saale
9. Selbitz

1. Bad Steben
2. Berg
3. Döhlau
4. Feilitzsch
5. Gattendorf
6. Geroldsgrün
7. Issigau
8. Köditz
9. Konradsreuth

10. Leupoldsgrün
11. Oberkotzau
12. Regnitzlosau
13. Sparneck
14. Stammbach
15. Töpen
16. Trogen
17. Weißdorf
18. Zell im Fichtelgebirge

## References

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1. ^ "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Hof.

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Urban and rural districts in the Free State of Bavaria in Germany

Urban
districts|

* Amberg
* Ansbach
* Aschaffenburg
* Augsburg
* Bamberg
* Bayreuth
* Coburg
* Erlangen
* Fürth
* Hof
* Ingolstadt
* Kaufbeuren
* Kempten
* Landshut
* Memmingen
* München (Munich)
* Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
* Passau
* Regensburg
* Rosenheim
* Schwabach
* Schweinfurt
* Straubing
* Weiden
* Würzburg

Rural
districts|

* Aichach-Friedberg
* Altötting
* Amberg-Sulzbach
* Ansbach
* Aschaffenburg
* Augsburg
* Bad Kissingen
* Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
* Bamberg
* Bayreuth
* Berchtesgadener Land
* Cham
* Coburg
* Dachau
* Deggendorf
* Dillingen
* Dingolfing-Landau
* Donau-Ries
* Ebersberg
* Eichstätt
* Erding
* Erlangen-Höchstadt
* Forchheim
* Freising
* Freyung-Grafenau
* Fürstenfeldbruck
* Fürth
* Garmisch-Partenkirchen
* Günzburg
* Haßberge
* Hof
* Kelheim
* Kitzingen
* Kronach
* Kulmbach
* Landsberg
* Landshut
* Lichtenfels
* Lindau
* Main-Spessart
* Miesbach
* Miltenberg
* Mühldorf
* München (Munich)
* Neuburg-Schrobenhausen
* Neumarkt
* Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim
* Neustadt an der Waldnaab
* Neu-Ulm
* Nürnberger Land
* Oberallgäu
* Ostallgäu
* Passau
* Pfaffenhofen
* Regen
* Regensburg
* Rhön-Grabfeld
* Rosenheim
* Roth
* Rottal-Inn
* Schwandorf
* Schweinfurt
* Starnberg
* Straubing-Bogen
* Tirschenreuth
* Traunstein
* Unterallgäu
* Weilheim-Schongau
* Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
* Wunsiedel
* Würzburg

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

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Towns and municipalities in Hof (district)

* Bad Steben
* Berg
* Döhlau
* Feilitzsch
* Gattendorf
* Geroldsgrün
* Helmbrechts
* Issigau
* Köditz
* Konradsreuth
* Leupoldsgrün
* Lichtenberg
* Münchberg
* Naila
* Oberkotzau
* Regnitzlosau
* Rehau
* Schauenstein
* Schwarzenbach am Wald
* Schwarzenbach an der Saale
* Selbitz
* Sparneck
* Stammbach
* Töpen
* Trogen
* Weißdorf
* Zell im Fichtelgebirge

Coat of Arms of Hof district

50°15′N 11°50′E﻿ / ﻿50.25°N 11.83°E﻿ / 50.25; 11.83

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