Höfen an der Enz

Höfen an der Enz
Municipality
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
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Calw
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Heiko Stieringer
Area
• Total	9.08 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Elevation	366 m (1,201 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• 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

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%.

Höfen an der Enz

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".

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.