| Image Coa: | DEU Höfen an der Enz COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 48.8033°N 8.5842°W |
| Image Plan: | Höfen an der Enz in CW.svg |
| State: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Region: | Karlsruhe |
| District: | Calw |
| Elevation: | 366 |
| Area: | 9.08 |
| Postal Code: | 75339 |
| Area Code: | 07081 |
| Licence: | CW |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 08 2 35 035 |
| Website: | www.hoefen-enz.de |
| Mayor: | Heiko Stieringer[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2018 - 26 |
Höfen or Höfen an der Enz is a municipality in Calw district, in the region of Karlsruhe of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Höfen is located on the River Enz at the northern edge of the Black Forest. It is located where street L 343 intersects with street B 294 (Gundelfingen - Bretten).
Enztal is located in the northern Black Forest at an altitude of 360-712 meters, below the confluence of the big Enz and the small Enz. The community area is forested to 85%.
The first recorded name of the place is "zum Hof" (locus dictus at zum hofe in a deed dated July 26, 1376), zu den Höfen.To Württemberg came Höfen together with Neuenbürg. Previously managed by a lawyer, the place became its own municipality administration unit (Schultheißenamt) and an independent municipality in the mid of the 19th century.
Since the Reformation Höfen is Protestant coined; Roman Catholic believers are supervised by Bad Wildbad.
By the Enz Valley Railway (Pforzheim -Bad Wildbad), Höfen is today connected by the line S 6 of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn to the national rail network. The town has two stops, "Höfen an der Enz" and "Höfen an der Enz Nord".[2]
Höfen is situated on the road B294 (Bretten -Pforzheim- Freiburg), the nearest Autobahn is Pforzheim junction of the Bundesautobahn 8.
There is a primary school in Höfen. Older pupils are taught in the neighboring villages.