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.

In 804, Wiesbaum had its first documentary mention in a document that dealt with a territorial swap between Abbot Tankrad and a man named Beringar.

Some holdings in Wiesbaum in the Eifelgau, which had earlier been given Tankrad's monastery along with fields, cropland, woods, meadows, grazing land and standing and flowing waters by a man named Gunthar, were now given Beringar, against which Beringar yielded up his holdings in Sefferweich in the Bitgau, some of which were his own, while others he had inherited from his mother Gomalinde.

The Wiesbaum church was first mentioned in a Papal confirmation bull dated 31 March 1131 and issued by Pope Innocent II.

Their arms bore silver stag's horns (“attires” in heraldry) on a black field, and this device can now be seen below the line of partition in the original tinctures.