Old Celticstone walls are to be found within municipal limits, and there is a reconstruction of a village such as the ones built by the Treveri, a people of mixed Celtic and Germanic stock, from whom the Latin name for the city of Trier, Augusta Treverorum, is also derived. Indeed, there have been archaeological finds right near the village centre going all the way back to 400 BC. On 7 June 1969, part of Wirschweiler's municipal area containing 325 inhabitants was transferred to Sensweiler. On 1 January 1992, Sensweiler's outlying centre – Ortsteil – of Langweiler with its 290 inhabitants was demerged from Sensweiler to become a self-administering municipality in its own right.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Sensweiler's mayor is Horst Schmidt, and his deputies are Thomas Rübenich and Gerd Schell.
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a church Or with windows and doors sable, the steeple to sinister, and two ears of wheat slipped bendwise in fess, the one to dexter bladed, of the first seeded of the second, and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Evangelical church, Hauptstraße 14 – quire tower possibly from the 12th century, nave essentially possibly mediaeval, given a Baroque makeover in the 18th century; three bells: 12th century, 1615 by Master Daniel, 1671 by Matias Cromel
An der Kirche 2 – house, partly timber-frame, 1862
Auf dem Hauel 3 – Quereinhaus, latter half of the 19th century; smithy, marked 1869, technical equipment
Hauptstraße 31 – stately Quereinhaus, marked 1835
Graveyard, east of the village – Emilie Kürschner tomb, cut-off oak log, late 19th century
Museums
The Geologisches Freimuseum im Krahlochwald features natural mineral formations, erratics, broken and carved boulders from all geological time periods. These sample stones lie in a row along a roughly 1.5 km-long walking path, each with an exhaustive information plaque. Well-kept furniture sets of wood and stone and a small children's playground encourage visitors to linger. Admission is free.
Art
Sensweiler is home to an art workshop and a painting school, which features a creative cradle by the WEIBER-ART group.
Sport and leisure
Sensweiler has two campgrounds as well as an angling pond in the Krahloch Forest right nearby, and also near the open-air geological museum.
