The municipality lies in the middle of the Hunsrück, whose highest elevation is the nearby Erbeskopf at 816 m above sea level.

To the Mayoralty (Mairie) of Talling belonged the villages of Berglicht, Gielert, Lückenburg, Neunkirchen and Schönberg.

After French rule ended, the village passed in 1814 to the Kingdom of Prussia and shortly thereafter was assigned to the Amt of Thalfang.

According to legend, the Schinderhannes Cave can also be found near the “Berrja Wacken”, a set of crags in the surrounding woods.

It is above all a social meeting point of male youth and tries to improve and maintain communal life through volunteer and spontaneous undertakings by these boys.