This Ortsgemeinde earned a Germany-wide media presence in early 2001 when a television spot from the 1970s made by the then Südwestfunk was broadcast by Stefan Raab on his show TV total; it was about the place called Blödesheim.

Stefan Raab then visited Hochborn during Carnival (locally known as Fastnachtszeit) and for a few weeks thereafter campaigned for a return to the name Blödesheim.

At 290 m above sea level, Hochborn is among the highest places in the Rheinhessisches Hügelland (Rhenish-Hessian Uplands).

Even so, the municipality nevertheless has a wealth of water, which might account for the choice of the new name: the placename ending —born is a form of the German word Brunnen, which can mean "spring", "fountain" or "well".

In 782, Hochborn had its first documentary mention when Theo and Anthilde von Blatmarsheim (the last word being the village's original name) donated 15 Morgen of cropland and a meadow to Lorsch Abbey on 23 April that year.

[7] The names borne by the village over the ages are:[8] Not much else is known about Hochborn's history, likely because it was not only a very small place in days gone by, but also a very poor one.