[2] Neighbouring villages are Wolfenhausen (south-west), Blessenbach (north-west), Rohnstadt (north-east) and Langenbach (east).

In 893, the Carolingian king Arnulf donated parts of his possessions to the monastery of St Maximin in Trier.

[3] Laubuseschbach (Eschbach Castle) is known as the birthplace of Johann Philipp von Schönborn, one of the most important archbishops of Mainz.

When the nearby village of Laubus was completely devastated during the Thirty Years' War, the survivors moved to Eschbach.

[3] In order to better transport the rich raw material deposits in the remote region, the Weilmünster-Laubuseschbach railway line went into operation on 15 May 1892, connecting to the existing Weiltalbahn.

A planned continuation of the line through the Laubus valley via Wolfenhausen to the Main-Lahn railway fell victim to the First World War and its effects on the subsequent decline in mining.

[3] In the course of the territorial reform in Hesse, on 31 December 1970 the former market town of Weilmünster in the Oberlahn district merged voluntarily with the previously independent municipalities of Aulenhausen, Dietenhausen, Ernsthausen, Laimbach, Langenbach, Laubuseschbach, Lützendorf, Möttau, Rohnstadt and Wolfenhausen to form the new enlarged municipality of Weilmünster.