Hinterweiler is an Ortsgemeinde, or municipality, located in the Vulkaneifel district within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It functions as a constituent part of a Verbandsgemeinde, which is a specific type of collective municipality used for administrative purposes.
The village belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun. The administrative seat for this collective municipality is situated in the town of Daun.