 In the same way, the former parish of Hohenstein now comes under the village of that name.Development of the town

The first documentary reference to Bönnigheim occurs in the Lorsch codex.In a document dated 16 February 793, the nun Hiltburg bequeathed the parishes of Bönnigheim, Erligheim and Alt-Cleebronn to the abbey of Lorsch, and it was due to this bequest that Bönnigheim fell to the bishopric of Mainz.