Hochgart is a desert, Gemarkung Reichenbach. mundartlich: hougoat. Statement by the city name: From Old High German Garden "fenced land, fenced farm," but also "fencing, the garden." "High" indicates the situation on the high against the Regental Pfaffenstein running out. Settled in a garden protected by fencing or settlement on a farm protected by fencing. The desert belonged to the community forest Erbach and lies east of the monastery Reichenbach. Hochgart likely because of its proximity to the monastery Reichenbach once a part of the operation under its own standing monastery have been good.