 Hundheim may have arisen sometime in the 5th or 6th century.The village’s original Celtic name, "Glene", might be a clue to a pre-Christian settlement here, but it is likelier that the village was named after the river Glan, whose Celtic name was still in use.Already very early on, with interruptions, Hundheim was the administrative seat for the whole "Eßweiler Tal" (dale).