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{{Infobox German place
|name              = Hofheim am Taunus
|type              = Town
|image_photo       = Hofheim Taunus Stadt 5857.jpg
|imagesize         = 
|image_caption     = View of Hofheim
|image_coa         = DEU Hofheim COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|05|N|08|27|E|format=dms|type:city(40,000)_region:DE-HE|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Hofheim am Taunus in MTK.svg
|state             = Hesse
|region            = Darmstadt
|district          = [[Main-Taunus-Kreis]]
|elevation         = 136
|area              = 57.43
|postal_code       = 65719
|area_code         = 06192, 06122, 06198
|licence           = MTK
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 36 007
|website           = [https://www.hofheim.de/ www.hofheim.de]
|mayor             = Christian Vogt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2022-10/direktwahlen_09_2022_10102022.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden|language=de|date=September 5, 2022|publisher=[[Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt]]|format=XLS}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;25
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Hofheim am Taunus''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhoːfhaɪm ʔam ˈtaʊnʊs}}, {{lit|Hofheim on the [[Taunus]]}}), commonly known as '''Hofheim''', is the administrative centre of [[Main-Taunus-Kreis]] district, in the south of the [[Germany|German]] state of [[Hesse]]. Its population in September 2020 was 39,946.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zahlen, Daten, Fakten|url=https://www.hofheim.de/wirtschaft/Wirtschaftsstandort/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|publisher=www.hofheim.de|language=de|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215150541/https://www.hofheim.de/wirtschaft/Wirtschaftsstandort/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
===Location===
The town is located on the south side of the [[Taunus]] hills, 17&nbsp;km west of [[Frankfurt]] and 17&nbsp;km east of both [[Wiesbaden]] and [[Mainz]]; [[Frankfurt Airport]] is 12&nbsp;km to the southeast.

Hofheim is located in the Rhine Main Area, one of the fastest-growing regions in Germany in terms of population and also in regard to economic productivity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 3, 2016|title=Der Großraum Rhein-Main wächst und wächst|url=https://www.op-online.de/region/frankfurt/rhein-main-waechst-waechst-6631897.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.op-online.de|language=de}}</ref> Unemployment is the second lowest in the state of Hesse and one of the lowest in Germany.

[[File:DSC04900 Judenkopf (Lorsbach) vom Kaisertempel gesehen.jpg|thumb|The mountain ''Judenkopf'' is the highest point in Hofheim (410 metres).]]
It is mainly surrounded by forest and open country. The highest point of Hofheim is the mountain Judenkopf in the Lorsbach district, with a height of 410&nbsp;metres. As well as being the administrative centre of the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hofheim is its economic hub.

==History==
===Early history===

The oldest traces of human life in the area around Hofheim date back to the [[Paleolithic|Palaeolithic period]], with the oldest find dating back to around 40,000 B.C. From the [[Neolithic|Neolithic period]] from around 5000 B.C. onwards, settlement areas on the banks of the [[Schwarzbach (Main)|Schwarzbach]], on both sides of today's Schmelzweg and on the Kapellenberg have been identified. Especially the Michelsberg culture around 4400 to 3500 B.C. is shown by numerous traces of settlements and finds on the Kapellenberg (Ringwallanlage). Around 30/40 A.D., the area was settled by the [[Roman Empire|Romans]], who built the Hofheim fort here as a two-phase complex - first an earth fort and from 75 A.D. under [[Vespasian|Emperor Vespasian]] also a stone fort, which existed until 110 A.D. - in order to secure the [[Wetterau|Wetterau region]], to protect the route between [[Mainz]] and [[Nidda, Hesse|Nidda]] in today's [[Heddernheim|Frankfurt-Heddernheim]], and to protect the Limes triangle, among other things. The fort was built by the Romans as a two-phase complex.<ref>Thoma Becker/Detlef Gronenborn/Karl-Josef Sabel/Roswitha Schlecker/Markus Scholz: Jade und Salz – Der Hofheimer Kapellenberg und seine Geschichte. Magistrat der Stadt Hofheim am Taunus und Röm.-Germ. Zentralmuseum Mainz – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.) Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte Bd. 18, Hofheim am Taunus 2013, 84 Seiten, ISBN 978-3-933735-44-7.</ref>

===Middle Ages===
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2024}}
The first documented mention was in 1254<ref>{{cite web | url=https://arcinsys.hessen.de/arcinsys/detailAction?detailid=v3091456 | title=HStAD Fonds a 3 No 260/2 - Nieder-Weisel (Johanniter):... - Arcinsys detail page }}</ref> under the name Hoveheim,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/idrec/sn/ol/id/436007020 | title=Historisches Ortslexikon : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen }}</ref> but the suffix -heim indicates a much earlier [[Franks|Frankish]] foundation.<ref>Blei and Guba, Hofheim am Taunus 2002, S. 40–51.</ref> Hofheim belonged to [[:de:Philipp VI. (Falkenstein)|Count Philipp VI the Elder of Falkenstein]], when [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Charles IV]] on 21. This document gave the lords of Hofheim the right to build walls, gates and bridges, to erect a gallows, to hold court, to conduct crafts and to hold a market. In the imperial war against Philip the Elder of Falkenstein (Falkenstein Feud), the town was conquered by the [[Electorate of Mainz]] in 1366, to which it was subject until 1418.<ref>Blei and Guba, Hofheim am Taunus 2002, S. 40–51.</ref> This was followed by the rule of the [[Lords of Eppstein|Counts of Eppstein-Königstein]] until the extinction of the dynasty in 1535.<ref>Blei and Guba, Hofheim am Taunus 2002, S. 40–51.</ref> During this time, the first [[Jews]]  were recorded in Hofheim.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/hofheim_taunus_synagoge.htm | title=Die Synagoge in Hofheim am Taunus (Main-Taunus-Kreis) }}</ref> Within the 16th century, the owners changed only twice. From 1535 to 1574 the dominion of Eppstein-Königstein belonged to [[Louis, Count of Stolberg|Count Ludwig von Stolberg]], who introduced the Reformation in Hofheim in 1540, and from 1574 to 1581 to Christoph von Stolberg.<ref>Stefan Hauck, Roswitha Schlecker u. a.: Versprochen ist versprochen – Die Geschichte der Hofheimer Bergkapelle. In: Magistrat der Stadt Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv und Anneliese-und-Hubert-Schulenberg-Stiftung (Hrsg.): Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 21. Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Hofheim am Taunus 2017, ISBN 978-3-933735-49-2.</ref> But already in 1559 [[Daniel Brendel von Homburg|Elector and Archbishop Daniel Brendel von Homburg]] had redeemed an old pledge and thus regained Eppstein and Hofheim. After the death of Christoph von Stolberg, the rest of the [[county of Königstein]] also went to the Electorate of Mainz in 1581.

Under the reign of [[Wolfgang von Dalberg]], Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, and his successor [[Johann Adam von Bicken]], the witch trials in the Electorate of Mainz reached their peak in the period from 1588 to 1602 in both the Höchst and Hofheim districts. From the remains of old court records, the [[Aschaffenburg]] archive remains, 23 women could be identified who were accused of witchcraft, 15 of them found death at the stake. On November 3, 2010, the town council of Hofheim am Taunus decided to rehabilitate the citizens convicted of witchcraft.

Until the beginning of 1603, [[Protestantism]] was still the predominant religion among the inhabitants despite the town's affiliation with the Catholic Electorate of Mainz. It was not until June of that year that the Protestant pastor was replaced by a Catholic one.<ref>Stefan Hauck, Roswitha Schlecker u. a.: Versprochen ist versprochen – Die Geschichte der Hofheimer Bergkapelle. In: Magistrat der Stadt Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv und Anneliese-und-Hubert-Schulenberg-Stiftung (Hrsg.): Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 21. Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Hofheim am Taunus 2017, ISBN 978-3-933735-49-2.</ref> During the [[Thirty Years' War]], Spanish, Bavarian, Swedish and French troops occupied, plundered and devastated the town and its present-day districts. Inhabitants were tortured into revealing the hiding places of cattle, horses and household goods. In addition to famine, epidemics broke out again and again, and in 1635 the plague spread through the region. In Hofheim, the number of men (burghers) dropped from 76 and 13 widows to 27 within four years in 1635 (no subdivision into men and widows). Finally, at the end of the [[Peace of Westphalia|Thirty Years' War in 1648]], there were 40 men and 4 widows. Children, women and bystanders were not recorded in counts as a matter of principle. From 1665 on, the plague raged in Mainz and [[Frankfurt]] as well as in the region of today's [[Main-Taunus-Kreis|Main-Taunus district]].
[[File:Hofheim (Merian Hassiae).jpg|400px|thumb|Hofheim in 1655]]
The following year Hofheim was still free of the plague and on July 3, 1666, Pastor Gleidener led the inhabitants in a procession to the "Rabberg" (today's Kapellenberg) to take a vow: If the town was spared from the plague, a chapel should be built on this spot in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The chapel was built in 1667 and replaced by a successor building in 1774.<ref>Stefan Hauck, Roswitha Schlecker u. a.: Versprochen ist versprochen – Die Geschichte der Hofheimer Bergkapelle. In: Magistrat der Stadt Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv und Anneliese-und-Hubert-Schulenberg-Stiftung (Hrsg.): Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 21. Stadtmuseum Hofheim, Hofheim am Taunus 2017, ISBN 978-3-933735-49-2.</ref>

Hofheim is also described in the ''[[Topographia Germaniae|Topographia Hassiae]]'':
{{Blockquote
|text=Hoffheim [Hofheim]. a small town; surrounded by walls; located on very fertile soil, a mile from the renowned [[Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)|Höchst]]; two miles from Franckfurt [Frankfurt]; and also as much from Mäyntz [Mainz]. Has next to the city wall; two small castles; surrounded by good moats, one of which is completely burned; but the other stands vacant. Ten years ago; due to a blacksmith's neglect; the majority of this place was destroyed by fire; as reported on 22&nbsp;August 1643 from Franckfurt.<ref>[[Martin Zeiller]], "Hoffheim". In: [[Matthäus Merian]], ed. ''Topographia Archiepiscopatuum Moguntinensis, Trevirensis et Coloniensis'' (''[[Topographia Germaniae]]'' Vol.&nbsp;6). 1st ed. Frankfurt am Main, 1646. p.&nbsp;16 ([https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Topographia_Colonia_et_al.:_Hoffheim Text at German Wikisource]). Martin Zeiller, "Hoffheim". In: Matthäus Merian, ed. ''Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum'' (''Topographia Germaniae'' Vol.&nbsp;7). 2nd ed. Frankfurt am Main, 1655, p.&nbsp;13 (https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Topographia_Hassiae:_Hoffheim Text at German Wikisource]).</ref>
}}

With the beginning of the [[French Revolution]] in 1789, a 26-year period of peace ended for Hofheim. The population had come to a modest prosperity and had grown to a thousand inhabitants. With the occupation of the city of Mainz by French Revolutionary troops and finally of the city of Frankfurt in 1792, Hofheim residents began years of suffering. Alternating troop marches and quarterings brought looting, famine, and epidemics.<ref>Dieter Reuschling, Roswitha Schlecker: Bürgerwille gegen Herrscherwillkür – Hofheim am Taunus – eine Kleinstadt zwischen französischer und deutscher Revolution. In: Magistrat der Stadt Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 14. Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus, Hofheim 2007, ISBN 3-933735-33-5, S. 132.</ref>

In the [[Reichsdeputationshauptschluss]] of 1803, Hofheim fell to the [[Nassau-Usingen|principality of Nassau-Usingen]]. In 1806, it was united with the [[principality of Nassau-Weilburg]]. Together they formed the [[Duchy of Nassau]]. In 1866 this was annexed by [[Prussia]] and from then on existed as the [[province of Hesse-Nassau]]. After Hofheim had long been sidelined in terms of transportation, the town was connected to the railroad network from 1874 to 1877 with the construction of the [[Main-Lahn Railway]] between Frankfurt and [[Limburg an der Lahn|Limburg]]. A renewed economic upswing began. Hofheim had also become interesting for Taunus tourists from Frankfurt thanks to the rail connection.

===20th and 21st centuries===

[[World War I|The First World War 1914-1918]] claimed its victims: 121 men fell in acts of war. Numerous inhabitants, especially children, died as a result of malnutrition. After the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|armistice treaty of November 11, 1918]], an [[Occupation of the Rhineland|occupation of Hofheim by French troops]] followed as early as December 2, which lasted until 1929 (officially until 1930) ( Allied occupation of the Rhineland). Hofheim was located within the thirty-kilometer radius around Mainz, which had to be cleared of German soldiers - in accordance with the victors' demands. Within these zones were the cities of [[Cologne]] and [[Koblenz]], the area on the right bank of the [[Rhine]], and the city of [[Kehl]] (the latter with a smaller radius).<ref>Roswitha Schlecker: Spuren der Geschichte – Hofheim im Ersten Weltkrieg. In: Magistrat of city Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Kultur und Stadtgeschichte. Band 19. Hofheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-933735-47-8, S. 86.</ref>

In 1933, the [[National Socialists]] took power in Hofheim as well. In the [[March 1933 German federal election|Reichstag election]] on March 5, 36.91 percent of the residents in Hofheim voted for the [[Nazi Party|NSDAP]]. In the municipal elections on March 12, 1933, the NSDAP won 6 of 12 seats. The other seats were held by the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] (3) and the [[Centre Party (Germany)|Center Party]] (3). On June 22, the SPD was banned, and the Center Party dissolved under massive pressure on July 5. Thus, the NSDAP was the only remaining party in Hofheim's city parliament and, as of July 24 anyway, by law the only permitted party in the German Reich.<ref>Anna Schmidt: Hofheim 1933–1945 – Sieben Gemeinden im Nationalsozialismus. In: Magistrat of city Hofheim am Taunus - Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 12. Stadtmuseum, Hofheim am Taunus 2005, ISBN 3-933735-30-0, S. 132.</ref> The NSDAP was the only party in Hofheim's city parliament.

By April 11, 1933, the previous mayors in 13 municipalities in the Main-Taunus district had been replaced by NSDAP members. Since 1920, Oskar Meyrer held the office of mayor in Hofheim and was to keep it until his death on August 1, 1942.<ref>Dieter Reuschling, Roswitha Schlecker: Oskar Meyrer – eine biografische Skizze. In: Magistrat of city Hofheim am Taunus – Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 22. Stadtmuseum, Hofheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-933735-51-5, S. 48.</ref> After that, the position was not filled again, but continued to be held by the local group leader Georg Kaufmann on a deputy basis.

Discrimination and persecution of [[Communism|Communists]], [[Social democracy|Social Democrats]], members of the [[Confessing Church]], and especially [[Jews|Jewish]] residents began as soon as the Nazis came to power. There had been a Jewish community since the [[Middle Ages]]. Around 1800, a synagogue had been established by the members in the former Wehrturm/Büttelturm. In 1933 the community comprised about 35 members. In the night of November 9–10, 1938 (Reichspogromnacht) this synagogue was devastated. Because of the narrow buildings in the old town, the synagogue was not set on fire. A similar fate befell the synagogue in Wallau (since 1977 a district of Hofheim). Only a few inhabitants were able to save themselves by emigrating abroad; the others were deported and were murdered in concentration camps.<ref>Anna Schmidt: Hofheim 1933–1945 – Sieben Gemeinden im Nationalsozialismus. In: Magistrat of city Hofheim am Taunus - Stadtmuseum/Stadtarchiv (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Kultur- und Stadtgeschichte. Band 12. Stadtmuseum, Hofheim am Taunus 2005, ISBN 3-933735-30-0, S. 132.</ref> The almost 500-year-old Jewish community which had numbered around 40~ people since the 19th century was destroyed.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/hofheim_taunus_synagoge.htm | title=Die Synagoge in Hofheim am Taunus (Main-Taunus-Kreis) }}</ref>

On January 1, 1980, Hofheim im Taunus became the administrative centre of the Main-Taunus-Kreis, although the move was not completed until 1987 with the completion of the new administrative building in Hofheim. The administrative seat was previously in the Frankfurt district of [[Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)|Höchst]], which was part of the county as an independent town of Höchst am Main until its incorporation into Frankfurt in 1928.<ref>Stadt Frankfurt am Main: Chronik von Höchst. Retrieved on 1. Mai 2018</ref><ref>Stadt Hofheim: Geschichte von Hofheim. Retrieved on 1. Mai 2018.</ref>

In 1988, the city of Hofheim was the 28th [[Hessentag]] city.<ref>Übersicht der Hessentage – Trachtenland Hessen. Retrieved on 1. Mai 2018</ref>

Between 2008 and 2014, 89 [[Stolperstein|stumbling block]]s for victims of National Socialism were laid in the town of Hofheim and the districts of Marxheim, Diedenbergen, Wallau and Langenhain by the artist [[Gunter Demnig]].

On April 28, 2025, the [[main belt asteroid]] {{mp|(347020) 2010|EV}} was named [[List_of_minor_planets:_347001–348000#020|347020 Hofheim]], after the town.<ref>{{WGSBNB|5|7|9}}, 28 April 2025. Quote: Hofheim am Taunus is a picturesque German district town located near Frankfurt, in the heart of the Rhein-Main region. First mentioned in the 1254, the town is home to the Sternwarte Hofheim, a lively community of amateur astronomers. This minor planet is named on the occasion of the observatory's 25th anniversary.</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population as of 2011===
According to the 2011 Census, 37,842 people lived in Hofheim am Taunus on May 9, 2011. 6,885 residents were under 18, 15,999 from 18 to 49, 7,602 from 50 to 64 and 7,356 residents were older them 64. Among the residents, 3,414 (9.0%) were foreigners, of whom 1,509 were from other [[European Union|EU]] countries, 1,073 from other <abbr title="Including the Russian Federation, Turkey and the former states of "Yugoslavia (All-Yugoslavia)"">European countries</abbr> and 830 from other [[States of Germany|states]]. Of the German residents, 6.9% had a [[migration background]]. (By 2020, the proportion of foreigners had increased to 13.1 %. The inhabitants lived in 1733 households. Of these, 5577 were [[Household|single households]], 5118 [[marriage|couples]] without children and 4677 couples with children, as well as 1422 [[single parents]] and 342 shared flats. [[Old age|Senior]]s lived in only 3702 households.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210711150906/https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/AO_VZ_2011_4_a.pdf#page=36 pages 36 and 82</ref>

===Population development===
• 1609: 71 citizens with 169 children

• 1633: 76 citizens, 13 widows

• 1639: 27 citizens

• 1650: 55 householders

• 1656: 49 citizens, 14 residents

• 1660: 77 householders (of which 60 citizens)

• 1680: 77 citizens

• 1712: 174 households (157 citizens, 17 widows)

{{Historical populations
|cols = 4
|1724|1060
|1781|1050
|1799|1124
|1817|1220
|1830|1541
|1834|1635
|1840|1734
|1846|2008
|1852|1847
|1858|1858
|1864|1626
|1871|1934
|1875|2097
|1885|2309
|1895|2597
|1905|3350
|1910|4039
|1925|4968
|1939|7562
|1946|9226
|1950|10179
|1956|11970
|1961|14178
|1967|17519
|1970|18552
|1973|30970
|1975|31238
|1980|33197
|1985|33847
|1990|35277
|1995|36245
|2000|37441
|2005|37861
|2010|38253
|2011|37842
|2015|39476
|2020|39905
|source=<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210830223224/https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/AO_VZ_2011_S1.pdf#page=126 page 123</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/idrec/sn/ol/id/436007020 | title=Historisches Ortslexikon : Erweiterte Suche : LAGIS Hessen }}</ref>}}
{{clear}}
==Districts==
[[File:DSC01189 Hofheim-Langenhain von Westen gesehen ed.jpg|thumb|300px|Langenhain district seen from the west]]
In addition to the town itself, Hofheim includes the villages of [[Marxheim (Hesse)|Marxheim]], [[Diedenbergen (Hesse)|Diedenbergen]], [[Lorsbach]], [[Langenhain]] (where the European [[Bahá'í House of Worship]] is located), [[Wallau]] and [[Wildsachsen]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zahlen, Daten, Fakten|url=https://www.hofheim.de/wirtschaft/Wirtschaftsstandort/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten/index.php|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215150541/https://www.hofheim.de/wirtschaft/Wirtschaftsstandort/Zahlen_Daten_Fakten/index.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Politics ==

=== Town council ===
The municipal election held on March 14, 2021, yielded the following results:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amtliches Ergebnis der Kommunalwahlen|url=https://www.hofheim.de/rathaus/Wahlen/Kommunalwahl-2021.php?p=1139,1123,85147|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Parties and voter communities
!% 2021
!seats 2021
|-
|CDU
|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]]
|32.93
|15
|-
|Grüne
|[[Alliance 90/The Greens]]
|23.36
|11
|-
|SPD
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]
|13.46
|6
|-
|BfH
|Citizens for Hofheim
|8.16
|4
|-
|FWG
|[[Free Voters|Free Voters Association]]
|9.40
|4
|-
|FDP
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
|6.45
|3
|-
|Linke
|[[The Left (Germany)|The Left]]
|5.46
|2
|-
|WfM
|We for Marxheim
|0.78
| -
|}
The head of the town council is Andreas Hegeler (CDU).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kommunalpolitiker|url=http://www.sitzungsdienst-hofheim.de/bi/kp020.asp?KPLFDNR=12|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.sitzungsdienst-hofheim.de}}</ref>

=== Mayor ===
Christian Vogt (CDU) was elected mayor on 7 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 8, 2019|title=CDU-Kandidat Christian Vogt ist der strahlende Sieger|url=https://www.fnp.de/lokales/main-taunus/hofheim-hessen-christian-vogt-cdu-wird-neuer-buergermeister-12143958.html|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.fnp.de|language=de}}</ref> The next election is scheduled for 16 March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hofheim.de/politik-und-verwaltung/politik/wahlen/|title=Wahlen|work=hofheim.de|accessdate=14 March 2025|language=de}}</ref>

=== District administration ===
The administrative offices of the Main-Taunus-Kreis (''Kreishaus'') is located in the town of Hofheim.

===Coat of Arms===
Blazon: Divided and split below by blue and red; above in black the growing, golden haloed St. Peter in a silver robe and blue tunic, holding a golden book in his right hand and a golden key in his left; below in front a red armored golden lion between golden shingles, behind a six-spoked silver wheel.

The coat of arms has been officially approved since 1907 and was officially awarded in 1920. It corresponds to older court seals, the oldest of which dates from 1352, after the town charter was granted. As temporary local lords at that time, Mainz is represented with the Mainz wheel and Archbishop Gerlach as count from the House of Nassau with the lion.<ref>German Coat of Arms - Federal Republic of Germany, Volume 3: The Municipal Coat of Arms of the State of Hesse, Bremen 1967, p. 51</ref>

==Public transport==
[[File:DSC02057 Lorsbach vom Turm am Ringwall.jpg|thumb|[[DB class 423]] as [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S2]] passing Lorsbach heading for Niedernhausen]]
The city of [[Frankfurt]] is easily accessible by public transportation on trains and [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] [[S2 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn)|line S 2]] (stations at [[Hofheim (Taunus) station|Hofheim]] and Lorsbach on the [[Main-Lahn Railway]]) and via the [[Bundesautobahn 66|A66 motorway]].

Several bus lines run from or via the central bus terminal next to the Hofheim train station to the town's districts and surrounding municipalities, including [[Bad Homburg vor der Höhe|Bad Homburg]] and [[Wiesbaden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=RMV.DE - Nächste Fahrten|url=https://www.rmv.de/auskunft/bin/jp/stboard.exe/dn?|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.rmv.de}}</ref> Near to the station the headquarters of the [[Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund|Rhine-Main Transport Association]] (''Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund; RMV'') is located.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RMV.DE - Impressum|url=https://www.rmv.de/c/de/rechtliche-hinweise/impressum|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=www.rmv.de}}</ref>

== Health care ==
[[File:DSC07870 varisano Krankenhaus Hofheim Kliniken des Main-Taunus-Kreises.jpg|thumb|Hofheim hospital]]
Since 1904 a [[hospital]] is located in Hofheim. Nowadays it consists of divisions for [[internal medicine]] (with a focus on [[pulmonology]]), [[geriatrics]], [[psychiatry]] and [[psychotherapy]], [[sleep medicine]] and a [[stroke]] unit.

==Education==
There are a number of primary and secondary schools in Hofheim:

*Marxheim Schule (Primary School, Marxheim)
*Lorsbach Schule (primary school, Lorsbach)
*Pestalozzi Schule (Primary School)
*Philipp-Keim-Schule (primary school, Diedenbergen)
*Steinberg Schule (Primary School)
*Taunusblickschule (primary school, Wallau)
*Wilhelm Busch Schule (Primary School, Langenhain)
*Heiligenstockschule (primary school with special needs)
*Montessori Center Hofheim (private elementary school and private integrated comprehensive school with upper secondary level including the Montessori nest for age groups from 11 months to 3 years)
*Gesamtschule Am Rosenberg (cooperative comprehensive school with all-day school)
*Friedrich von Bodelschwingh School (school for special education)
*Elisabethenschule (private secondary school)
*Brühlwiesenschule (vocational school; vocational high school, technical college, vocational school)
*Main-Taunus-Schule (Gymnasium)

In addition, the town of Hofheim has an adult education centre, the Volkshochschule Main-Taunus-Kreis; a library; and a museum.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hofheim.de/leben/Schule_und_Bildung/Schulen/Schulen.php | title=Schulen }}</ref>

== Notable sights ==

* The ''Wasserschloss'' ([[water castle]]) is located in the centre of the town. The castle was built in the 14th century; only the walls survive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historisches Ortslexikon : Registersuche : LAGIS Hessen|url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/rsrec/sn/ol/register/ort/entry/43600702014:hofheim%252C+schloss|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.lagis-hessen.de}}</ref>
* The ''Kellereigebäude'' (Winery Building) from the 18th century is next to the ''Wasserschloss''. It contains the older ''Hexenturm'' ([[Witch tower|Witch Tower]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kellereigebäude mit Hexenturm|url=https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Sehenswertes_in_Hofheim/Kellereigebaeude_mit_Hexenturm/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref>
*The ''Altes Rathaus'' (Old Town Hall) stands in the old main street. Having been built in the 16th century, it acquired its contemporary [[half timbered]] look by a renovation in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Altes Rathaus|url=https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Sehenswertes_in_Hofheim/Altes_Rathaus/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref> 
*''St. Peter und Paul'' church dominates the panorama of the old town. It originated in the 15th century and passed through many changes in its design and accessories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul|url=https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Sehenswertes_in_Hofheim/Pfarrkirche_St_Peter_und_Paul/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref> 
*The ''[[Baháʼí House of Worship|Baháì Haus der Andacht]]'' (Bahá’í House of Worship) is the European temple of the [[Baháʼí Faith|Bahá’í]] community and is known for its special modern design. It is located in Langenhain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Haus der Andacht – Bahá'í in Deutschland|url=https://www.bahai.de/haus-der-andacht/|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.bahai.de|language=de}}</ref> 
*The town museum displays permanent exhibitions about Hofheim's past as well as changing ones, which are usually related to the region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus|url=https://www.hofheim.de/kultur/Stadtmuseum/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref> 
*The ''Bergkapelle'' (Hill Chapel) looks down on Hofheim from the forest on ''Kapellenberg'' (Chapel Hill) in the northwest of the old town. It dates back to the 17th century when it was built to express relief and gratitude for having not been struck by [[Black Death]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hofheimer Bergkapelle|url=https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Sehenswertes_in_Hofheim/Hofheimer_Bergkapelle/index.php|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=www.hofheim.de|language=de}}</ref>

==Sport and leisure==
Hofheim has numerous pubs and boasts one of the biggest swimming pools (the ''Rhein-Main Therme'') in the Frankfurt metropolitan area. The pool is located at the northern area of the town.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wellness Frankfurt Sauna Massage Wellness Rhein Main Therme Hessen|url=https://www.rhein-main-therme.de/|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Rhein-Main-Therme|language=de}}</ref>

The [[Rhein-Main Arena]] is an 6,500 capacity motorcycle speedway and [[flat track]] facility between Hofheim and the village of Diedenbergen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hofheim.de/verzeichnis/vereine/MSC_Diedenbergen_e._V._im_DMV.php |title=MSC Diedenbergen e. V. im DMV |website=Hofheim am Taunus |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=MSCD>{{cite web |url=https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2021/Supplementary_Regulations_-_FIM_Track_Racing_Youth_Gold_Trophy_-_Diedenbergen-20-21.08.2021.pdf?t=1654559999 |title=Supplementary Regulations |website=FIM |access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> The track is home to the speedway team [[MSC Diedenbergen]], who race in the [[German Team Speedway Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://webmaster12799.wixsite.com/msc-diedenbergen/die-bahn |title=Die Bahn|website=MSC Diedenbergen |access-date=15 December 2023 |language=de}}</ref>

===Events===
*The ''Waeldchestag'' festival formerly took place annually during the week after [[Feast of Corpus Christi|Corpus Christi]] and was a local public holiday with schools being closed. The celebration involved traditional local customs. For political and financial reasons the festival was abolished in 2014 and replaced with a smaller event, the ''Altstadtfest'' (old town fair), taking place in the core of the old town. 
* The [[Alois Kottmann Award]] for classical violin pieces in the canto-style is an international award bestowed following a competition during the [[International Days of Music Hesse Main-Taunus Hofheim]] which take place annually in May or June.
* In 1988, the town hosted the 28th ''[[Hessentag]]'' state festival.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Übersicht der Hessentage – Trachtenland Hessen|url=https://trachtenland-hessen.de/trachtenland-hessen/trachtenland-ruckblick|access-date=April 21, 2021|language=de-DE}}</ref>

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Hofheim is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Unsere Partnerstädte|url=https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Stadtportrait/Partnerstaedte/partnerstaedte-von-hofheim.php|website=hofheim.de|publisher=Hofheim am Taunus|language=de|access-date=February 15, 2021|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203165059/https://www.hofheim.de/tourismus/Stadtportrait/Partnerstaedte/partnerstaedte-von-hofheim.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Chinon]], France (1967)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tiverton, Devon|Tiverton]], England, United Kingdom (1980)
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Buccino]], Italy (1980)
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Pruszcz Gdański]], Poland (2012)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Hofheim am Taunus}}
* [https://www.hofheim.de/ Official homepage]
* {{HessBib PPN|116346620}}

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