The St. Michael’s Church

Its two towers are visible from even far away!

There indeed is the date 1559 engraved in one of the window lintels in the northern staircase but the Protestant main church in Hof, that distinguishes the townscape together with the town hall, is much older.

The chapel that was dedicated to the archangel Michael, the Holy Cross and Mary Magdalene became St. Michael’s Church after the foundation of the town in 1230 and the expansion of the Neustadt.

In 1536 St. Michael’s was chosen to be the Protestant main church under the Reformation. Still today there are cannonballs attached to the middle window and the north tower as a reminder of a siege of several weeks in 1553 when the church was under heavy fire.

The St. Michael’s Church surprises with its spacious interior. The Gothic net vault was replaced by a wooden construction due to static reasons after the great fire of Hof in 1823, during which large parts of the church were destroyed.

The organ built by the brothers Heidenreich is the largest remaining instrument of the organ builder family that has been living in Hof since 1782, and corresponds to a great extent to the principle of party disposition by Gottfried Silbermann. The Heidenreich-organ is called the organ with the best sound in Bavaria by experts.

Concerts played by high-ranking guests take place regularly.
We invite you to visit us on Saturdays from Pentecost to Harvest Festival to join us for the organ prayer between 10.45 am and 11.15 am during which the weekly market will be in full swing. Even during the advent season there will be a chance to listen to the famous Heidenreich organ and short thought-provoking texts on Saturdays from 10.45 am to 11.15 am.

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