Höchberg borders, in the east, directly on the city of Würzburg.

Höchberg consists of two main urban areas: Altort and Hexenbruch.

The earliest recorded official reference to Höchberg dates from 748.

They established a Jewish cemetery and erected a synagogue in 1721, which was plundered in the November pogrom in 1938 by SA members.

Today, a plaque at the church entry and a monument at the Jewish cemetery commemorate these facts.