In this thesis the electronic structure of the layered, incommensurate TMDC misfit compounds (PbS)1.13TaS2, (PbS)1.14NbS2, (PbS)1.14(NbS2)3, (SnS)1.17NbS2, and (BiS)1.11NbS2 is investigated. Consisting of alternatingly stacked slabs of hexagonally ordered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and cubic monochalcogenides (MCs), the layered TMDC misfit compounds are heterostructures with a complex layer–to–layer interface due to the different symmetries of the subsystems. In spite of their incommensurability, the alternation of different layers, and the occurrence of monochalcogen bilayers, all acting against a low total energy, they show a remarkable stability. Using a combination of angle–resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) and p...