▁also ▁Rom ans , ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁sett lers . ▁Moreover , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁five ▁bar rows ▁from ▁pre - R oman ▁times ▁were ▁found . ▁ ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 1 2 7 , ▁the ▁mon ks ▁from ▁Re ims ▁built ▁a ▁Bened ict ine ▁colleg iate ▁foundation ▁on ▁the ▁nearby ▁Rem ig ius berg ▁hill ▁( 3 6 8   m ) ▁near ▁K us el , ▁which ▁made ▁the ▁Rem ig ius berg ▁into ▁the ▁ecc les iast ical ▁hub ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁Rem ig ius land . ▁The ▁name ▁“ H ü ff ler ” ▁had ▁its ▁first ▁document ary ▁mention ▁in ▁the ▁foundation ’ s ▁cart ul ary ▁in ▁ 1 3 0 5 , ▁when ▁a ▁fre eman ▁named ▁Kon rad i ▁from ▁H ü ff ler , ▁as ▁Sch öff e ▁( rough ly ▁“ lay ▁jur ist ” ) ▁in ▁an ▁agreement ▁that ▁a ▁kn ight ▁from ▁the ▁W aden au ▁Est ate ▁( D enn we iler - F ro hn bach ) ▁had ▁concluded ▁for ▁the ▁foundation ’ s ▁benefit , ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁a ▁witness . ▁In ▁this ▁time , ▁H ü ff ler ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁Prov ost ry ▁of ▁Rem ig ius berg , ▁an ▁affili ated ▁monaster y ▁of ▁the ▁Bishop ’ s ▁Church ▁in ▁Re ims . ▁The ▁Re ims ▁hold ings ▁were ▁taken ▁over ▁as ▁a ▁Vog tei ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 2 th ▁century