Here on 11 August 1998, the highest ever temperature in Germany was measured, 41.2 °C, at the Meteomedia weather station by Jörg Kachelmann.

Nevertheless, Brauneberg is not said to be Germany's number-one hotspot because the weather station is not included in official measurements owing to its location on a slate mountain.

The old placename, Dusemond, may well have stemmed from what one of the vineyards here was called in Roman times: dulcis mons (Latin for “sweet mountain”).

Dusemond belonged to the old County of Veldenz, into which Count Palatine Louis II introduced the Reformation in 1523.

By decree, the French settled the situation on 21 December 1684: Under its terms, in places with only one church – such as was the case in Dusemond – this would be given over to use by both denominations.

Brauneberg's vineyards belong to the winemaking appellation – Großlage – of Kurfürstlay, and are further grouped into these locations: The vines at Mandelgraben cover an area of 175 ha.

The steep slope opposite Brauneberg is called Juffer (Moselle Franconian for standard German Jungfer or Jungfrau – maiden or virgin).