In Lissendorf, the historical Dümpelfeld–Lissendorf railway, known as the Middle Ahrtalbahn (“Ahrtal Railway”, Jünkerath–Lissendorf–Hillesheim–Ahrdorf–Dümpelfeld) branched off.
In 1970, in the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Oberbettingen, along with Basberg, Mirbach and Wiesbaum, was transferred from the Amt of Lissendorf to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hillesheim.