At the Theodor bei Tellig mine in the early 20th century, lead and zinc ore deposits were worked.

Under the Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell.

[3] Tellig's mayor is Sabine Liesegang-Zirwes, and her deputies are Christof Daubner and Ralf Dillenburger.

[4] The municipality's arms might be described thus: Vert a fess countercompony of ten gules and argent between, in chief, a Papal Tiara and a mitre ensigned with a cross in fess, and issuant from base a lion rampant crowned, all Or.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Tellig lies south of Bundesstraße 421 over which the town of Zell, lying some 10 km away, and Bullay (DB) railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line, 15 km away, can be reached.