It is characterized by its encompassing red sandstone hills adorned with vineyards and located within the Moselle wine region.

Administratively, Kenn falls under the jurisdiction of the Verbandsgemeinde Schweich an der Römischen Weinstraße in the Trier-Saarburg district.

Furthermore, the local museum in Kenn is situated within a farmhouse constructed in 1764, which was built upon the remains of the aforementioned Roman Villa Urbana, the name given to the estate.

While a documented reference from 633 AD was revealed to be a forgery, there is compelling reason to believe that the endowment of extensive territories, including Kenn, to St. Maximin's Abbey can be traced back to the Merovingian king Dagobert I.

The first documented mention of Kenn dates back to 893 AD, where the name Cannis is referred to, believed to have derived from Latin and denoting a reed bank.

[2] Eventually, during the War of the First Coalition, the entire left bank of the Rhine, including the local region around Kenn, was conquered and annexed by France under the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797.

As a result of French territorial control, Kenn was placed under the administration of the Mairie Longuich in the Canton of Schweich in the newly founded Département de la Sarre.

[8] Due to personal reasons, Müller stepped down from politics at the start of 2023, leading to the scheduling of early elections on June 25, 2023.

[12] Due to the strategically good location between Trier, Luxembourg, Cologne, Koblenz, Saarbrücken and Metz, numerous companies have settled in the local industrial park.