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Hof: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Hof: elevation 571 m · solar irradiation 1049 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 1122 mm · clay content 28.4% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 19.7 °C · 36 industrial sites · climate Dfb humid continental warm summer · terrain low hills · 215 frost-free days · bedrock basic volcanic · 1 kW panel yields 1078 kWh · surroundings 41% tree cover, 9% built-up · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1200 kg/m³.

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The climate runs temperate. Slope and soil show no obvious constraint; site testing is still required.

In Germany the official land value (Bodenrichtwert) is set by state expert committees each year as of 1 January.

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Location

Hof lies at 50.6750° north, 8.0095° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Nisterberg, roughly 3 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Hof itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 568 m and annual irradiation 1049 kWh/m². Earthquake exposure reads medium. 10 hazard categories have been assessed for this settlement.

Set against the 907 places in Germany with all these measurements, this one sits: in the highest fifth by elevation · in the least sunny fifth · in the wettest fifth · among the most clay-rich soils.

Nearby cities

NisterbergFehl-RitzhausenNisterauDerschenSalzburgStein-Neukirch

Land values: BORIS-D (state valuation boards, 11 states) and BORIS-NRW / IT.NRW. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein are outside BORIS-D; no land value is shown for those states. Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland Zero 2.0. Values cover 2011-2026. Place names and coordinates: © BKG 2026 dl-de/by-2-0 (Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000); Geobasis NRW (DVG).

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What is the terrain and climate like in Hof?

Elevation571 m — high elevation
Solar irradiation1049 kWh/m² — low irradiation; panel yield stays limited
Annual rainfall1122 mm — temperate rainfall
Temperature range-3.4 – 19.7 °C
Climate classDfb humid continental warm summer
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period215 d
Snow cover105 d
Surface temperature (day)17.3 °C
Relative humidity67%
Solar energy potential1078 kWh/kWp
Wetness index469.0

Source: OpenLandMap bare-earth DTM ensemble · 30 m · 2018 · last verified: 2026-09-21

Source: CHELSA V2.1 · 1 km · 1981-2010 · last verified: 2026-09-21

What is the soil like in Hof?

0-5 cm depth

Clay28.4% — clay-rich; swells when wet and shrinks when dry
Sand17.3%
Silt54.3%
Soil pH5.7 — slightly acidic; suits most crops
Organic carbon78.4 g/kg
Surface rockbasic volcanic
Soil density1200 kg/m³
Water holding capacity37%
Erosion factor312.0

Measured at the city centre.

Source: SoilGrids — ISRIC World Soil Information · 250 m · 2020 · last verified: 2026-09-21

What amenities are near Hof?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools1
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants2
Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings41% tree cover · 1% cropland · 49% grassland · 9% built-up
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typelow density rural
Population density154 /km²
Human impact21
CORINE classPastures
Industrial sites (5 km)36

Source: CORINE Land Cover — EEA · Industrial Emissions Portal — EEA · ESA WorldCover 10 m · GHS-SMOD — JRC · GHSL Urban Centre Database — JRC

Hazard profile for Hof

The assessment below applies at Germany level.

Earthquakemedium
River floodhigh
Urban floodhigh
Coastal floodhigh
Landslidemedium
Wildfirehigh
Water scarcitymedium
Extreme heatmedium
Tsunamivery low
Volcanomedium

Source: ThinkHazard! — World Bank / GFDRR · 2024 · last verified: 2026-09-21

Access and utilities

Nearest road 125 m (track) · Nearest main road 990 m (tertiary road) · Power line 556 m

Measured from OpenStreetMap data. Legal road frontage and connection rights must be verified separately.

Where this place stands nationally

farther from a road than 80% of them · built-up share higher than 74% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 125m · power line 556m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 990m · power line 556m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 990m

Only physical conditions are assessed (access, slope, fabric, hazards). Planning status and building rights must be confirmed with the local authority. Power-line distance is measured from OpenStreetMap; grid capacity and connection feasibility are not assessed.

What grows on this land?

pasture grasses %51 · reed canary grass %43 · buckwheat %37 · camelina %37 · rapeseed %37 · cabbage %36

FAO/IIASA GAEZ v5 climate and soil suitability model, for rain-fed, high-input farming. The percentage is an average over roughly 14 km around the point.

Source: GAEZ v5 — FAO / IIASA · 1 km · 2001-2020

What changed in twenty years?

rising sunflower (+25), silage maize (+19), tomato (+11) · falling carinata (-7), dry pea (-6)

Difference in suitability between 1981-2000 and 2001-2020.

Actual land sales

Westerwaldkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 71 €/m² · sales 385 · Building-ready land 104 €/m²

Calculated from official title transfers. A Bodenrichtwert is an official VALUATION; this is the average of actual sales.

Land value and building rights

Official regional land value set by the valuation board.

Official zone value at this point 1 €/m² (agricultural land)

The official value at this point belongs to agricultural or forest land, not to a building zone; it is not the building-land value of the settlement.

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This is a zonal value, not the value of an individual plot.