The Hof–Bad Steben railway runs from Hof through the Franconian Forest to the Bavarian state spa town Bad Steben in southern Germany. The line was opened in two stages between 1887 and 1898.
Hof Hauptbahnhof
Train crossing at Selbitz - in the background to the left are the exit signals to Hof, on the right the former trackbed to Helmbrechts
Bad Steben terminal station with Regioshuttle in July 2011
Last station building in Hof-Neuhof
Hof is a town on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconian region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtel Mountains and Franconian Forest upland regions.
The town has 47,296 inhabitants, the surrounding district an additional 95,000.
View of the town centre
Castle Osterburg in Weida is considered the birthplace of the Vogtland which once ruled Hof
Friedrich von Brandenburg was the head pastor of Hof during the Reformation and was often in conflict with his Protestant brother George "the Pious".
George von Brandenburg "the Pious" was the ruler of the lands which included Hof and was favorable to the Reformation and often in conflict with his more Catholic leaning brother Friederich.
