Hof
Hof is a Germanic word found in German, Dutch, Old Norse, and Old English among others, designating a "courtyard, farmyard, royal court, hall, yard or garden". Technical meanings include:
- Heathen hof, a type of Old Norse temple
- Bauernhof, Maierhof, types of Family farm
Places
It is very a common element in German, Dutch and Scandinavian place names, such as Hofgeismar or Tempelhof. By itself it may refer to the following 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 (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
Netherlands
- 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
- Hof, Åsnes, a village in Åsnes municipality in Innlandet county
- Hof, Innlandet, a former municipality in the old Hedmark county
- Hof, Vestfold, a former municipality in the old Vestfold county
- Hof Prison, a prison in Holmestrand municipality in Vestfold og Telemark 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
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)
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