Hof Explained

Hof or HOF may refer to:

Places

Austria

• Hof, Upper Austria, see Sankt Marienkirchen am Hausruck
• Hof bei Salzburg, a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg
• Hof am Leithaberge, a town in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in the state of Lower Austria
• Hof bei Straden, a former municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the state of Styria

Czech Republic

• Hof in Mähren, the former Austrian and German name for the municipality of Dvorce in the Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region

Germany

• Hof (estate), a German word for "farming estate"
• Hof (district), a Landkreis (district) in Bavaria
  • Hof, Bavaria, a town in the Hof district of Bavaria
  • Hof (electoral district), an electoral district comprising the town of Hof and the districts of Hof and Wunsiedel
• Hof, Rhineland-Palatinate, a village in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate

Iceland

• Heathen hof, a type of Old Norse temple
• Hof, Iceland, a small village in the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
• Hof in Höfðaströnd, a town and church site in Skagafjörður

Netherlands and Belgium

• Hof van Delft, a former municipality west of Delft, South Holland
• Hof van Holland, High Court of the provinces of Holland and Zeeland 1428–1811
• Hof van Savoye, Palace of Margaret of Austria in Mechelen, Antwerp
• Hof van Twente, a municipality in Twente, Overijssel

Norway

• Heathen hof, a type of Old Norse temple
• Hof Municipality (Hedmark), a former municipality in the old Hedmark county
• Hof, Åsnes, a village in Åsnes municipality in Innlandet county
• Hof Municipality (Vestfold), a former municipality in Vestfold county
• Hof, Vestfold, a village in Holmestrand municipality in Vestfold county
  • Hof Prison, a former prison in Holmestrand municipality in Vestfold county

People

• Hof (surname), a Dutch and German surname

Buildings

• Hof Ásatrúarfélagsins, temple in Reykjavík, Iceland
• Hofburg, the imperial palace in Vienna

Acronym

• HOf gauge, 1:87 rail modelling using 6.5 mm track.
• Hall of fame
• High on Fire, an American band
• Higher-order function
• Horton overland flow
• House of Fraser, a British department store
• Huisman-Olff-Fresco models
• Hypofluorous acid
• RPC-TV, formerly HOF-TV, a Panamanian television network
• Hydrogen-bonded organic framework

See also

• van 't Hof
• Siege of Hof (1553), during the Second Margrave War
• Battle of Hof (1809), during the Napoleonic Wars
• Hoff (disambiguation)
• Hofgarten (disambiguation)