sentences:  No sooner had Buborn ended up in the Waldgraves’ hands than a whole series of surrounding villages subject to the "Hochgericht auf der Heide" were pledged by Johann von Dhaun to the County of Sponheim-Starkenburg.It is known, however, that the village itself was pledged at this time as "Hof in Bopporn" ("Hof" means “estate”) to Reinfried von Reipoltskirchen.The exact date of the deed is unknown.