Together with the parish church of St. Johannes, the town hall, the district court and the historic market place, the buildings still to come form the structural core of the city.
The inhabitant of Aachen and Master Builder, Couven, constructed the building in 1783 following the model of a townhouse of the nobility for the cloth manufacturer, M.P.W. Troistorff. In an acceptance of the times, the half-timbered house was plastered and decorated with ornamentation. Rich carvings in the doors with supraports and artistic wrought-iron works in the banister and balcony railing testify to the splendour and prosperity of the inhabitants.
Outside the village of Dockweiler, to the south-east in the forest area, you will find the Dockweiler "Drees". The iron-rich mineral water bubbles out near the "Hasbach".
In the heart of the Volcanic Eifel lies what is probably the most complete volcano in Germany, the Rockeskyller Kopf. No other volcano shows all stages of its development so open-heartedly.