sentences:  Eßweiler most likely arose sometime between 600 and 800, which was the time when villages with names ending in "—weiler" came into being.In 1250 and 1296, Eßweiler had its first documentary mentions as "Esewilre".Originally, the village lay not in the dale, but rather at the foot of the Königsberg, in what is now the field known as Kirchwiese.