The village of Bechhofen was first mentioned in a document in 1191[3] and was subsequently named as the seat of a knightly dynasty for several centuries.

[5] In the year 1755, the district of Homburg including Bechhofen fell to Palatine Zweibrücken by an area exchange.

This meant an boom for Bechhofen, as numerous soldiers, craftsmen and servants employed on Karlsberg settled here during this period.

When the Treaty of Versailles came into force in 1920, the Saar Territory, including the Homburg district, was newly defined.

As a result, new customs stations were set up on the local border of Bechhofen, which remained in place until the Saarland was economically decoupled from France in 1959.