The municipality of Schalkenmehren lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

It is roughly 4 km south-southeast of Daun as the crow flies, at the northeast foot of the Hoher List, a stratovolcano which is home to a former observatory.

The only building from this forsaken village that still stands today is a small church which even now appears as a charge in Schalkenmehren’s coat of arms.

The parish included Weinfeld, Schalkenmehren with the Altburg, Saxler, Udler and three houses from Gemünden.

A chronicle from the Saarland reports: "At that time, warring peoples had brought a plaguelike sickness in, which in the Rhinelands wrought great devastation.

In the 1970s, one episode of the German children’s television programme Die Sendung mit der Maus featured the coöperative.

When the village’s structure moved away from farming and the numbers of active weavers declined, the coöperative was dissolved in 1983.

[4] Schalkenmehren’s mayor is Peter Hartogh, and his deputies are Lothar Kaspers and Elfriede Geibel.

The chapel shown in the upper part of the arms is the only building still standing from what was once the village of Weinfeld.

The wavy line of partition, and the fish as well, are meant to refer to the maars that characterize the area and the municipality itself.