HOCHHEIM, a town in the Prussian province of Hesse Nassau, situated on the Main, 3 m. above its influx into the Rhine and on the railway from Wiesbaden to Frankfort-on-Main. Pop. Hochheim is mentioned in the chronicles as early as the 7th century. It was the scene of a victory gained here in 1813 by the Austrians over the French. It trades in wine (see Hocx).