Hof, Innlandet

Hof is a parish located in the municipality of Åsnes municipality, Innlandet County, Norway.
History.
The parish of Hof ("Hof prestegjeld") consisted previously of the three existing sub-parishes: Hof church, Hof Finnskog church and Arneberg church. It had also included the parishes Åsnes and Våler until 1848, when these parishes were separated out to form Åsnes clerical district.
The parish was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Åsnes og Våler was separated from Hof to constitute a separate municipality in 1849. The split left Hof with a population of 2,913. On 1 January 1963 Hof was incorporated into the municipality of Åsnes. Prior to the merger Hof had a population of 3,222. On 1 January 1969 the district Rotberget, which was a part of Hof until 1963, was moved to Grue municipality.
Hof is located in the traditional district of Solør. Hof is bordered by Grue in the south, Asnes in the north, Våler, Nord-Odal and Stange in the west and Sweden in the east.
The name.
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old farm Hof (Norse "Hof"), since the first church was built on its ground. The name is identical with the word "hof", "temple" (for the Norse gods).