Hof Attractions

To the north of the Town Hall in Hof, on the street called Am Unteren Tor, can be found the Hospitalkirche (Gothic, with a Baroque coffered ceiling of 1688-89 and a carved altar of 1511). Nearby is the Vogtland Museum (regional history, crafts and house interiors; natural history).

The streets in Hof called Altstadt and Lorenzstrasse lead south to the Lorenzkirche (1292, with much later alteration), with the Hertnid Altar, a Late Gothic winged altar of 1480.

To the northeast of Hof lies the Theresienstein Park (70 ha/175ac), with a Botanic Garden, a small zoo and an outlook tower on the Labyrinth-Berg.

In Klosterstrasse in Hof, on the west bank of the Salle, stands the Town Hall. Facing it, to the east, is the parish church of St Michael (1380-86; restored in neo-Gothic style 1834).