HOCHSTADT, a town of Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Swabia, on the left bank of the Danube, 34 m. N.E. of Ulm by rail. Pop. (1925) 2,156. It has a castle flanked by walls and towers and some small industries, including malting and brewing. Here Frederick of Hohenstaufen, vicegerent of the Empire for Henry IV., was defeated by Hermann of Luxemburg, in 1 o81; it came into Bavarian possession in 1266, in 1703 the Imperialists were routed here by Marshal Villars in command of the French; and in August 1704 Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French and Bavarians, this battle being usually known as that of Blenheim.
There is another small town in Bavaria named Hochstadt. Pop. (1925) 2,108. This is on the river Aisch, not far from Bamberg, to which bishopric it belonged from 1157 to 1802, when it was ceded to Bavaria.