Höfen an der Enz

Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

(2018–26) Heiko Stieringer^[1]Area • Total9.08 km² (3.51 sq mi)Elevation366 m (1,201 ft)Population • Total1,711 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes07081Vehicle registrationCWWebsitewww.hoefen-enz.de

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).

Geography

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%.

History

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.

Religions

Since the Reformation Höfen is Protestant coined; Roman Catholic believers are supervised by Bad Wildbad.

Transportation

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".^[3]

Höfen is situated on the road B294 (Bretten -Pforzheim- Freiburg), the nearest Autobahn is Pforzheim junction of the Bundesautobahn 8.

Education

There is a primary school in Höfen. Older pupils are taught in the neighboring villages.

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