The municipality 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.

Dietrich von Hanster (or Hanxler) was enfeoffed by Heinrich, Lord of Manderscheid and Kerpen with a castle at Manderscheid, a house in the dale and the estate and the mill “zu Schutze” (“at Schutz”).

In 1723, there was a dispute among Schutz, Manderscheid, Bleckhausen and Niederstadtfeld over how the woodlands of Idler and Ruckbein should be divided.

In 1814, Schutz was grouped into the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Weidenbach in the Daun district in the Regierungsbezirk of Trier.

On 1 February, all cereal and meal stocks were seized, as were all the oats, for the army administration.

A fire station was built in 1995, and work began in 2003 on a community centre, which was dedicated the following year.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent a mount vert in base charged with a waterwheel of the field, on a chief gules a fess dancetty Or.

The chief showing a gold fess dancetty (horizontal zigzag stripe) on a red field is a rendering of the arms formerly borne by the Counts of Manderscheid, although the tinctures are reversed (this might be to comply with the general rule in heraldry that holds that two colours or two metals must not touch).

The green mount in base symbolizes the Burberg, which is the local landscape’s most striking feature.

The green tincture stands for the scenic and heavily wooded municipal area.