HOCHHEIM  , a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, situated on an elevation not far from the right bank of the Main, 3 M. above its influx into the Rhine and 3 M . E. of Mainz by the railway from Cassel to Frankfort-on-Main . Pop . (1905) 3779 . It has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and carries on an extensive trade in wine, the English word " Hock," the generic term for Rhine wine, being derived from its name . Hochheim is mentioned in the chronicles as early as the 7th century . It is also memorable as the scene of a victory gained here, on the 7th of November 1813 by the Austrians over the French . See Schuler, Geschiclzte der Stadt Hochheim am Main (Hochheim, 1888) .