 The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.The village’s beginnings apparently lie in a Roman military post named "Scolinaria" on a road leading from Steffeln by way of Glaadt to Cologne.It may well have been a forward post of the Roman castrum of "Icorigium" (now Jünkerath).