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The name alludes to the former leadership by the Vögte ("advocates" or "lords protector") of Weida, Gera and Plauen. The landscape of the Vogtland is
this area in 1209 to the Vogts of Weida (in German: Vögte von Weida) who served as its administrators. The Vogts of Weida were the ancestors of the Reussians
with Duke Otto II. Soon after the Vögte of Weida acquired the Regnitzland including Hof. Vogt Henry VIII of Weida (1258–1279) earned the city of Hof
Christoph Anton Ferdinand von Carlowitz 1840–1840 Dietrich [Carl August] Freiherr von Stein (first time) 1840–1846 Georg Ferdinand von Lepel 1846–1849 Dietrich
came into the hands of the abbey. In 1209 the abbess appointed the Vögte of Weida as administrators of the territory. The gifts of Emperor Otto I: 936