Records of rare arachnids from forests in the Eastern Eifel (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) (Araneae: Agelenidae, Araneidae, Linyphiidae, Theridiidae; Opiliones: Ischyropsalididae). New species records for the Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) from studies in forests from the Eastern Eifel region are reported. Ischyropsalis hellwigii hellwigii (Panzer, 1794) is recorded for the first time west of the river Rhine. Other remarkable species are Oreonetides quadridentatus (Wunderlich, 1972), to date known from only ten other localities in Germany, Coelotes atropos (Walckenaer, 1830), Gibbaranea omoeda (Thorell, 1870) and Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914.