This rural municipality lies in the middle of low-mountain country in the Hunsrück, at the foot of the Idarkopf.

The most important sanctuary to the Gallic divinity Sirona stands in Hochscheid, where a Latin inscription “DEO APOLLINI ET SANCTE SIRONE” (Eng.

Hanging in the chapel was a bell from 1629 with the inscription “Johann Burchart Trarbach Pfarher zu Clenich.

The arms are derived from a Roman spring sanctum from the 2nd century unearthed high in the woods.

Public transport in Hochscheid is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT), whose fares therefore apply.