The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, roughly 4 km north of Simmern, and is characterized by agriculture.

At that time, the village was called Hasencomede and was closely tied to the Cistercian convent at Klosterkumbd.

Disagreements between the County of Sponheim and the Elector of the Palatinate led in 1368 to a feud around Niederkumbd.

[1] The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent an urn gules above a bend sinister wavy abased, the end in base enhanced, azure, and sable a lion rampant Or armed and langued of the second.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4] Niederkumbd also has an historic watermill from 1848.