sentences:  Both centres lay in the Nahegau and passed to the County of Veldenz when this became independent in the early 12th century.In 1268, Hohenöllen had its first documentary mention in Goswin Widder's book about Electoral Palatinate, in which he refers to a lecture by the Heidelberg historian Grollius that mentioned that in that year, Craffto von Boxberg, whose wife was a Countess of Veldenz, leased, among other things, his holdings in "Hohenhelden" (Hohenöllen) to the Counts of Landsberg.The transaction was linked to the Veldenz transition from the older line to the newer line.