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).
Höfen an der Enz | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Höfen an der Enz within Calw district  | |
  Höfen an der Enz  Höfen an der Enz | |
| Coordinates: 48°48′12″N 8°35′3″E / 48.80333°N 8.58417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Calw |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Heiko Stieringer[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.08 km2 (3.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 366 m (1,201 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,711 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 75339 |
| Dialling codes | 07081 |
| Vehicle registration | CW |
| Website | www.hoefen-enz.de |
Geography
editEnztal 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
editThe 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
editSince the Reformation Höfen is Protestant coined; Roman Catholic believers are supervised by Bad Wildbad.
Transportation
editBy 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
editThere is a primary school in Höfen. Older pupils are taught in the neighboring villages.
References
edit- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 93. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.