{{for|the football club|TSG 1899 Hoffenheim}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2013}} {{Expand German|topic=geo}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadtteil |Town = Sinsheim |image_photo = Hoffenheim-waibst-str-web.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Historical houses in Wainstädter Straße |image_coa = DEU Hoffenheim COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|16|20|N|08|50|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Karlsruhe |district = Rhein-Neckar-Kreis |elevation = |area = |population = 3191 |population_as_of = 2020 |pop_ref = <ref name=pop>{{cite web|url=https://www.sinsheim.de/pb/site/Sinsheim/get/params_E-1622607381_Dattachment/2801796/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsstatistik%20der%20Stadt%20Sinsheim.pdf|title=Bevölkerungsstatistik der Stadt Sinsheim|access-date=24 September 2021|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924185106/https://www.sinsheim.de/pb/site/Sinsheim/get/params_E-1622607381_Dattachment/2801796/Bev%C3%B6lkerungsstatistik%20der%20Stadt%20Sinsheim.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> |postal_code = 74889 |area_code = 07261 |licence = HD |divisions = <!-- Subdivisions within location (e.g. "XX Ortsteile" or "Stadtbezirke") --> |website = }}
'''Hoffenheim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈhɔfn̩haɪm|-|De-Hoffenheim.ogg}}) is a village in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Sinsheim and, as of 2020, it has a population of 3,191.<ref name=pop/>
==History== The village, settled since prehistoric times, and first mentioned in 773 as ''Hovaheim'' in the Lorsch codex, was officially incorporated on July 1, 1972 into Sinsheim.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.sinsheim.de/pb/sinsheim,Lde/Home/Stadt+_+Buerger/Hoffenheim.html History and other infos about Hoffenheim (on Sinsheim municipal website)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004062516/http://www.sinsheim.de/pb/sinsheim,Lde/Home/Stadt+_+Buerger/Hoffenheim.html |date=2018-10-04 }}</ref>
==Geography== Hoffenheim is located in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, close to the Neckartal-Odenwald nature park. It is {{convert|3|km}} to the west of Sinsheim, {{convert|6|km}} south of Meckesheim and only approximately {{convert|20|km}} from Heidelberg.
==Sport== Hoffenheim is the historic home to football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim which currently plays in the Bundesliga, Germany's top division, although the senior side now play their home games in the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, located in another Sinsheim suburb, Steinsfurt.
==Gallery== <gallery widths=180> File:Hoffenheim-evkirche-web.jpg|Village church File:Hoffenheim - Haltepunkt 2016-05-22 17-11-36.jpg|Railway station </gallery>
==Personalities== *Volker Kauder (b. 1949 in Hoffenheim), politician (CDU) *Dietmar Hopp (b. 1940), Co-Founder of SAP *Golineh Atai (b. 1974), German journalist and TV-correspondent
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==External links== {{commons category-inline|Hoffenheim}}
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Category:Villages in Baden-Württemberg Category:Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Category:Former municipalities in Baden-Württemberg