In 1291 this son, Heinrich, Edelherr von Hodenhagen (Henry, Baron of Hodenhagen), sold Hodenberg Castle with all its estate west of the Weser and all its inhabitants to the counts of Hoya, who shortly afterwards also captured the estate of the Vogtei of Bücken.
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Otto Hupp: Münchener Kalender 1908. Verlagsanstalt München / Regensburg 1908.
It is thought to have been founded by the lords of Blankena (Blankenhagen), who were closely related to those of Hodenberg.