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Geschichtsweg 1: Nördliche Innenstadt (ab Rathaus)

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Geschichtsweg 1: Nördliche Innenstadt (ab Rathaus)

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November 18, 2021

Geschichtsweg 1: Nördliche Innenstadt (ab Rathaus)

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00:39

2.41km

3.8km/h

30m

20m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Hof Town Hall

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In 1560, the bankrupt sovereign donated a dilapidated building to the city of Hof, which, between 1563 and 1566, converted it into a town hall under master builder Nickel Hofmann. …

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St. Michaelis Church (Hof)

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During the founding of Hof's new town, a chapel dedicated to St. Michael was built in the 13th century, just off the main market street (Ludwigstraße). It was expanded into …

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234 m

Maxplatz Market Fountain

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The square was named in honor of the reigning Bavarian King Maximilian, on whose 25th anniversary of the throne it was inaugurated on February 16, 1825. In the lower part …

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478 m

The Püttner family, verifiably citizens of Hof since the middle of the 16th century, initially ran a rope factory until Jakob Friedrich Püttner (born 1720) rose to be the richest man in the former margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

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1.22 km

City Fortifications of Hof

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In the Middle Ages, every city had a city wall, or more precisely: a system of walls, corridors and towers.

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1.32 km

Jean-Paul-Gymnasium Hof

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Behind the wall was a monastery, which has been home to one of Bavaria's oldest grammar schools since 1546.

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1.46 km

From monastery to retirement home - the Poor Clares monastery

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The Clarisse Monastery is used today as a senior citizens' home.

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1.59 km

Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

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On the site of today's house at Schlossplatz 12 b stood the house in which, after the death of his father in 1779, Johann Paul Friedrich Richter and his mother, …

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1.79 km

The old train station

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The industrial age began with the construction of the first train station (today: Stadtpost): Hof has been connected to the railway network since 1848.

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1.88 km

Bürgergesellschaft Hof

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The Civic Society was founded in 1799, one year after the more distinguished Garden Society. Any "polite and upstanding man" was eligible to join this social club. The first clubhouse …

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2.41 km

Hof Town Hall

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In 1560, the bankrupt sovereign donated a dilapidated building to the city of Hof, which, between 1563 and 1566, converted it into a town hall under master builder Nickel Hofmann. …

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Way Types & Surfaces

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1.05 km

779 m

229 m

135 m

109 m

104 m

Surfaces

827 m

690 m

661 m

229 m

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Geschichtsweg 1: Nördliche Innenstadt (ab Rathaus)

Hof Town Hall

St. Michaelis Church (Hof)

Maxplatz Market Fountain

Püttner Palace

City Fortifications of Hof

Jean-Paul-Gymnasium Hof

From monastery to retirement home - the Poor Clares monastery

Jean Paul memorial plaque at Schlossplatz 12b

The old train station

Bürgergesellschaft Hof

Hof Town Hall

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