Hochheim (/ˈhoʊhaɪm/ HOH-hyme) is an unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Texas, United States.

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is regarded as the first European to encounter the river at this location circa 1528.

[2] In 1848, Valentine Hoch, a German immigrant from the disputed Alsace-Lorraine region, traveled to the rolling hills near the lower Guadalupe River with his son, after arriving in America at the port of Indianola, Texas.

[4] After the Schwab family opened a general store and gin, Hochheim became a trade stop between Indianola and Austin.

[4] Sometime between 1870 and 1880, a Masonic Lodge was built at the turn of the century that served as a school, church and community center.