Editing Hof, Vestfold

{{Short description|Village in Holmestrand, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Hof
|other_name             = 
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|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Hof skole.JPG
|image_caption          = View of the village school
|pushpin_map            = Vestfold#Norway
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Vestfold]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Jarlsberg]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Holmestrand Municipality]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]] 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] 
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|area_footnotes         = <ref name="ssb" />
|area_total_km2         = 0.82
|population_as_of       = 2023
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|population_total       = 915
|population_density_km2 = 1112
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 3090 Hof
|coordinates            = {{coord|59.53034|10.08704|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 77
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Hof, Holmestrand |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-511339/Norge/Vestfold/Holmestrand/Hof |access-date=2024-02-27 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}

'''Hof''' is a village in [[Holmestrand Municipality]] in [[Vestfold]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located about {{convert|14|km}} northwest of the [[Holmestrand (town)|town of Holmestrand]], about {{convert|10|km}} southwest of the village of [[Sande, Vestfold|Sande i Vestfold]], and about {{convert|8|km}} south of the village of [[Eidsfoss]]. The smaller villages of [[Sundbyfoss]] and [[Hvittingfoss]] are both located a short distance south of Hof.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Hof (tettsted i Holmestrand) |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Hof_-_tettsted_i_Holmestrand |date=2024-01-01 |editor-last=Lundbo |editor-first=Sten |language=no |accessdate=2024-02-29}}</ref>

The {{convert|0.82|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2023) of 915 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|1112|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2023-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref>

[[Hof Prison]] was located in the village until its closure in 2019.

==History==
The village has a number of ancient [[burial mounds]] which testify to the fact that the village was relatively densely populated in ancient times. [[Eidsfos Verk]] was established as an [[ironworks]] at the end of the 17th century and had its heyday under [[Peder von Cappelen]] (1763–1837). On the company's property is a stately main building, Eidsfos Hovedgård, which was made into a historical landmark in 1923. The farm has a large park and unique workers' housing from the 18th century. In Hof, there is an ironworks museum that shows cultural and ironworks history.<ref name="snl2">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Hof (tidligere kommune) |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Hof_-_tidligere_kommune |date=2022-06-30 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no |editor2-last=Lundbo |editor2-first=Sten |accessdate=2024-02-25}}</ref>

The village of Hof served as the [[administrative centre]] of the old [[Hof Municipality (Vestfold)|Hof Municipality]] from 1838 until 2018 when it became part of [[Holmestrand Municipality]]. The medieval [[Hof Church (Vestfold)|Hof Church]] is located in the village.<ref name="snl" />

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''Hof'' farm ({{langx|non|Hof}}) since the first [[Hof Church (Vestfold)|Hof Church]] was built there. The name is identical with the word ''[[Heathen hofs|hof]]'' which means "[[Paganism|pagan]] [[temple]]", a place for worshiping the old [[List of Germanic deities and heroes|Norse Gods]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |date=1907 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=47 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{commons category-inline|Hof, Vestfold}}
* {{wiktionary-inline|Hof}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Vestfold}}

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