HOCHST  , a

town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau on the Main, 6 m. by rail W. of Frankfort-on-Main . Pop . (1905) 14,121 . It is a busy industrial town with large dye-works and manufactures of machinery, snuff, tobacco, waxcloth, gelatine, furniture and biscuits . Brewing is carriedon and there is a considerable river trade . The Roman Catholic church of St Justinus is a fine basilica originally built in the gth century; it has been restored several times, and a Gothic choir was added in the 15th century . The town has also an Evangelical church and a synagogue, and a statue of Bismarck by Alois Mayer . Hochst belonged formerly to the electors of Mainz who had a palace here; this was destroyed in 1634 with the exception of one fine tower which still remains . In 1622 Christian, duke of Brunswick, was defeated here by Count Tilly, and in 1795 the Austrians gained a victory here over the French . Hochst is also the name of a small town in Hesse . This has some manufactures, and was formerly the seat of a Benedictine monastery .