▁expanded ▁road ▁network , ▁at ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁hub ▁at ▁J ü ges heim . ▁The ▁pla c ename ▁rel ates ▁to ▁a ▁personal ▁name ▁Tu oto ▁or ▁D odo . ▁ ▁D uden hof en ▁had ▁its ▁first ▁document ary ▁mention ▁in ▁ 1 2 7 8 ▁in ▁an ▁accord ▁from ▁Arch bishop ▁Werner ▁von ▁E pp stein ▁of ▁Main z ▁with ▁the ▁L ords ▁of ▁E pp stein . ▁The ▁village ▁long ▁belonged ▁to ▁various ▁own ers ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁( the ▁L ords ▁of ▁Fal ken stein , ▁Han au , ▁Is enburg ▁and ▁Elect oral ▁Main z ), ▁the ▁odd ▁part ▁was ▁be que athed , ▁others ▁were ▁trad ed ▁or ▁mort g aged ▁( complete ▁with ▁inhabitants ). ▁Between ▁ 1 4 5 0 ▁and ▁ 1 7 3 6 , ▁D uden hof en ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Han au - L ichten berg ▁and ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁Amt ▁of ▁B aben hausen , ▁thereby ▁making ▁the ▁place ▁as ▁of ▁ 1 5 5 0 ▁an ▁Evangel ical ▁enc lave ▁surrounded ▁by ▁Catholic ▁neighb ours . ▁The ▁Count s ▁of ▁Han au - L ichten berg ▁died ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 6 , ▁where up on ▁H esse - D arm stadt ▁and ▁H esse - K ass el ▁found ▁themselves ▁at ▁odd s ▁over ▁the ▁village . ▁In ▁ 1 7 7 1 , ▁D uden hof en ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁by ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁H esse