 The fact that the "Eßweiler Tal" was held by Prüm Abbey in the Early and High Middle Ages might hardly have had any effect on village life.Originally, the church was built as a small Romanesque village church, but about 1250 it underwent major conversions in the Gothic style.In the quire paintings that are now famous were done, depicting scenes from the Bible, the Acts of the Apostles and Marian legends.