The municipality lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France, on the boundary with the Saarland.

[3] Eckersweiler's mayor is Hans-Peter Bohr, and his deputies are Helmut Rausch and Paul Dinges.

[4] The German blazon reads: In geteiltem Schild oben ein wachsender rotbewehrter und -gezungter blauer Löwe in Silber, unten in Blau ein silberner Turm mit Turmhelm.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a demilion issuant from the line of partition azure armed and langued gules, and azure a tower with roof of the first.

[5] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6] Eckersweiler's village midpoint was ranked as worth seeing in Birkenfeld district's local Agenda 21.