 According to researchers Dolch and Greule, Niederalben had its first documentary mention in 1290.The villages of Ohlscheid and Hunhausen have not been mentioned in documents since the late 16th century, and their municipal areas were long ago absorbed into Niederalben's.Many rural cadastral toponyms still recall these two villages, which once, like Niederalben, belonged to the "Vierherrengericht" ("Four-Lord Court") of Sankt Julian and also to the "Hochgericht auf der Heide" ("High Court on the Heath").