In 1320, it was heavily fortified, and the following year, on Archbishop Balduin's instigation, it was granted town rights by King Louis the Bavarian.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[5] Kaisersesch's mayor is Gerhard Weber (CDU).

The town's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a cross gules, in dexter chief a mullet over a crescent sable.

The cross refers to the Electorate of Trier, and the charges in dexter chief (in the upper right from the armsbearer's point of view, but upper left from the viewer's) are court symbols that crop up often in the Rhenish region.

[7] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Kaisersesch is also home to a well preserved Roman wall.