Since 1945, bronze jewellery (bracelets and rings), along with clay pots, have been found in barrows dating from between 1600 and 1200 BC.

This ending and its variants —rode and —rath mainly mark places whose founding dates back to the time when the Franks took over the land.

The latter, which lay on the Hahnenbach, and whose municipal area is now shared by Woppenroth and Hausen, had already fallen into ruins by 1469, but arose once again, albeit for only a few years, in the 19th century.

In 1913, work was begun on the new church, which still stands today, to replace the old one, which had become too small, and which later served as a Raiffeisen storehouse.

[1] The German blazon reads: In gespaltenem Schild vorne in Gold ein blaubewehrter und -gezungter roter Löwe.

The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the lion, is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the Waldgravial and Rhinegravial Court of Hausen.

The wavy fess on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side refers to the local brook's former status as a border.

The silver buckle on the black field is the armorial device formerly borne by the Schmidtburgs, who once held rights in Woppenroth.

[4] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5] Culturally, Woppenroth is best known for its link to the Heimat series: In 1981 and 1982, the first season of the film series Heimat – Eine deutsche Chronik (1984) was filmed in Woppenroth and other places in the Hunsrück.

The name “Schabbach” was drawn from a family name on a gravestone in Bischofsdhron, a constituent community of Morbach, found by Edgar Reitz, himself a native Hunsrücker.