The municipality lies in the Eifel about halfway between Eulgem to the west and Kaifenheim to the east.

In 1338, Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian granted Count Robert of Virneburg the right to appoint Schultheißen in Gaemyheim.

[1] The German blazon reads: Das Wappen wird durch eine gestürzte Spitze gespalten.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pile embowed, gules a rose Or, argent three stones, one and two, of the first, and vert a basket of the third issuant from which five ears of wheat of the second.

The market rights granted the village very early on are symbolized by the basket, and the ears of wheat refer to the municipality’s agricultural activities.