The municipality that exists today, which had its first documentary mention in 1048, has grown over the last 50 years from a former
agriculturally based place to a flourishing commercial centre. From the 14th to the 19th century there was already an important
chapel in Hof. In 1589, there were 18 families in Hof, who had fallen in number by 1648 – after the
Thirty Years' War – to only 3 families. When Johann Baptista von Langenbach, called Sassenroth, donated a parcel of land to the village in the 16th century, the municipality's first
school was built there. By 1607, the number of families had risen once again to 15, and the 27
horses counted there in 1610 might point to a great number of coachmen in the village. In 1825, the population figure was 537.
Marienberg counted, on the other hand, only 388 inhabitants that same year. At the turn of the 20th century, Hof counted 702 inhabitants, and in 1960, the one thousandth inhabitant was welcomed. Today, Hof is a village with more than 1,400 people and more than 600 jobs. ==Politics==