The municipality is residential and characterized by agriculture and lies in the Hunsrück roughly 1 km south of Büchenbeuren.

Unearthed there in 1926 was a Roman site, apparently a grave monument from the 2nd century, with a hefty base and a balustraded enclosure.

[5] Niederweiler's mayor is Harry Gutenberger, and his deputies are Franz Rudolf Theisen and Christoph Schmieden.

The silver urn on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side refers to the true Celtic archaeological finds within Niederweiler's limits.

The ears of wheat on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side stand for the municipality's agricultural structure.