▁population ▁today ▁of ▁roughly ▁ 3 , 8 0 0 ) ▁had ▁a ▁document ary ▁mention ▁as ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁a ▁mo ated ▁castle ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁L ords ▁of ▁H agen hausen , ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁H agin hus en . ▁Rem ains ▁of ▁this ▁castle ▁still ▁lie ▁under ▁a ▁me adow ▁near ▁the ▁Rod au ▁on ▁today ' s ▁Burg straße ▁( road ). ▁The ▁H agen hausen ▁noble ▁family , ▁who ▁after ▁moving ▁to ▁the ▁Ta un us ▁began ▁sty ling ▁themselves ▁the ▁L ords ▁of ▁E pp stein , ▁and ▁writing ▁many ▁a ▁page ▁in ▁media eval ▁German ▁history , ▁found ▁themselves ▁holding ▁great ▁importance ▁and ▁power ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century ▁on wards . ▁Four ▁Arch b ish ops ▁of ▁Main z ▁alone ▁were ▁installed ▁by ▁the ▁E pp ste ins . ▁H ain hausen , ▁though , ▁did ▁not ▁benefit ▁from ▁the ▁former ▁l ords ’ ▁descend ants ’ ▁lord lin ess . ▁In ▁ 1 4 2 5 , ▁the ▁L ords ▁of ▁E pp stein ▁sold ▁the ▁Amt ▁of ▁Stein heim ▁along ▁with ▁H ain hausen ▁to ▁the ▁Arch bishop ▁and ▁Elect or ▁of ▁Main z . ▁Its ▁low ▁point ▁came , ▁as ▁it ▁did ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁surrounding ▁villages ▁too , ▁in ▁the ▁Th irty ▁Years ' ▁War , ▁at ▁which ▁time ▁the ▁Pl ague ▁also ▁ra ged ▁among ▁the ▁population . ▁The ▁surv iv ors ▁bes ought ▁the ▁patron ▁saint ▁of ▁Pl ague ▁suffer ers , ▁Saint ▁Ro