The name Burtscheid is a Germanized form of the Celtic Bor(uo)cetum, with the components Borvo, meaning “warm spring”, and also a god's name (see also Worms, Wormerich[3] and the French Bourbon), and caito-, ceto-, meaning “forest” (Breton koat, koet; Welsh coed – “forest”).

In the Middle Ages, Burtscheid belonged to the Mark Thalfang whose seat was at Schloss Dhronecken (castle).

After the French Revolution, the Rhine’s left bank, and thereby Burtscheid too, were ceded to France in 1794 and 1795.

Through a law from 26 March 1798, the French abolished feudal rights in their zone of occupation.

After French rule ended, the village passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of Prussia.