The village's mediaeval history, just like neighbouring Herren-Sulzbach’s and the Schönborner Hof’s, is tightly bound with the Knights of Saint John. The order’s original seat was the Schönborner Hof (estate) near Homberg, before later moving to Herren-Sulzbach, and later still, in the 14th century, to their new administrative hub in Buborn, where they built a manor building that they then called the "Commenturhof" (“Commendator's Estate”). The land where this once stood is today known in Buborn as the "Kirchgarten" (“Church Garden”).