Town of Hof Germany is enclosed by, but does not belong to the Bavarian district of Hof Germany; it is nonetheless the district's administrative seat.
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33 Facts About Hof Germany
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Hof Germany is known for two local "delicacies", namely, a kind of hotpot, and sausages boiled in a portable, coal-fired brass cauldron, which are sold in the streets by the sausage man.
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Hof Germany Theatre is a multi-purpose theatre whose construction was completed in 1994.
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Hof Germany is located in between the areas of the Frankenwald, the Fichtelgebirge and the Vogtland.
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Region where Hof Germany is located first came under the ecclesiastic control of the Dioceses of Wurzburg during this time period.
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For example, Hof Germany is called "curia Reckenize" and "schlosz Reckenitz" in a document of the Vogte of Weida in the year 1276.
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Hof Germany thus strengthened his influence in and around the nearby Regnitzland.
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Hof Germany was married to Sophie, daughter of Count Hermann II of Orlamunde and Beatrix of Andechs-Merania.
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However, due to this early history with the Vogte of Weida, Hof Germany is still considered part of the geographical region known as the Vogtland.
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Hof Germany arrived in Hof where his preaching continued to carry a certain reformation flavor.
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Lohner's first stay in Hof Germany was short-lived and Head Pastor Friedrich von Brandenburg had him removed the year after he arrived and he was replaced by the Catholic priest Wolfgang Thech.
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Lohner then returned to Hof Germany in league with the Hof Germany born theologian, mathematician, and school master Nikolaus Medler.
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Pastor Agricola continued his influential ministry in Hof Germany until 1542 and during his time as Hof Germany's pastor he was present at the meeting of Lutheran theologians at Schmalkalden in 1537 and was a signer of the Schmalkaldic Articles written by Martin Luther.
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Also, the end of the last Roman Catholic stronghold in Hof Germany; occurred during this siege as Abbess Amalie of Hirschberg escaped with her nuns to Cheb.
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Finally, Albert's cousin, Margrave Jurgen Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach took power and ruled over Hof Germany and rebuilt it along with much of his Margraviate which had been ransacked during the war.
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Hof Germany was one of the founding members of the Protestant Union founded in 1608 as a way of giving teeth to the Peace of Augsburg.
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Hof Germany was again left destitute and it took 40 years before widespread re-construction could be financed.
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Hof Germany seems to have recovered quickly under Margrave Karsten and it became a refuge for displaced Protestants, especially from Austria and Bohemia.
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In 1743 the Hof Germany Castle burned down and was not rebuilt, although several walls of the castle are still visible in modern-day Hof Germany.
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Hof Germany was received with a storm of abuse by Napoleon, who insisted on tearing up the treaty and drawing up a fresh one, which doubled the amount of territory to be ceded by Prussia and forced her to a breach with Great Britain by binding her to close the Hanoverian ports to British commerce.
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In 1945, Hof Germany suffered minor destruction due to aerial attacks but by the end of 1945 housed twice its previous population, receiving German-speaking refugees from neighboring Bohemia, where extensive ethnic cleansing of Czechoslovakia's German-speaking population was taking place.
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From 1945 to 1990 Hof lay very close to the border between East Germany and West Germany.
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Hof Germany is located near the old Berlin-Munich autobahn, which was thought to be a possible invasion route by Warsaw Pact forces had the Cold War ever escalated into armed conflict.
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Actually, the Hof Gap was a planned Warsaw Pact approach into West Germany.
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The anticipated actions in defense of West Hof Germany included the cavalry covering force action which was to delay, allowing the arrival of US and Bundeswehr heavy units.
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An interesting note about the coat-of-arms of Hof Germany is that it is a red shield with two white towers against which leans a black shield with a gold lion.
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Barons von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, as barons of the village Gattendorf in the environs of Hof Germany were a significant part of social and aristocratic life in Hof Germany.
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Hof Germany provided Anthony Hope with his inspiration for Strelsau, capital of his fictitious kingdom of Ruritania.
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Hof Germany is home to the University of Applied Sciences Hof Germany which has around 3700 students and the University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Legal Affairs in Bavaria which has around 1800 students.
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In Hof Germany is the headquarters of the Frankenpost, the regional newspaper.
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Hof Germany was of special interest during the Cold War as it was near the border with Czechoslovakia and the GDR.
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