 Possibly this is the hamlet mentioned under around the year 860 together with Dielheim in the Lorsch codex named "Hiltibrandeshusen".In 1341 Unterhof was named for the first time in documents "inferiori curia" (lesser or lower farm) in rent books of the Speyer office of Rotenberg.In 1401 under the name "zum Nydernhofe" is the first appearance of the name in the German language.