It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kaisersesch, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the Eifel, roughly 2 km northwest of Kaisersesch.

About 1050, Masburg, long an Electoral-Trier holding, had its first documentary mention.

[1] The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent a cross gules, in dexter chief a gridiron of the same surmounted by a palm leaf bendwise sinister vert, and in sinister base two keys in saltire, the wards to chief and turned outwards, azure.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: As well as the listed buildings above, there is also a memorial belltower to the family Miesen who lived here between 1773 and 1819, and were known for pouring bells.