Hof
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Hof is the name of the following places:
- a city in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof, Germany
- a district in Bavaria, Germany: see Hof (district)
- a municipality in Vestfold, Norway : see Hof, Norway
- a former municipality in Hedmark, Norway. Now split up in Åsnes and Våler municipalities.
- Hof (Netherlands), a village in the municipality of Bergeijk in the Netherlands
- hof is the Old Norse term for a heathen temple or church
- a historic rectory in Vopnafjörður, Iceland
HOF is an abbreviation for Huisman-Olff-Fresco models for modelling species response curves in ecology.
HOF can also be an abbreviation for Hall of Fame.
Hof means "farm", "farmhouse" or "courtyard" in German. Due to this meaning, there are several villages in the German-speaking areas of Europe that carry this name, in addition to the mentioned towns.
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