in 1282, heimbuchenthal, whose name comes from the hornbeams ("hainbuchen" in german), had its first documentary mention. in 1495, the place was first named as a court centre. along with the archbishopric of mainz, the former "vogteiamt" (until 1782) passed at secularization to the newly formed principality of aschaffenburg, with which it passed in 1814 (by this time it had become a department of the grand duchy of frankfurt) to the kingdom of bavaria.