[2] The village lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the outskirts of Bad Langensalza on the south-eastern slope of the Ascherberg hill (310 metres (1,020 ft) above sea level (NN)), along the Weißer Bach stream.

The nearest villages are Eckardtsleben to the north, Burgtonna to the east, Ballstädt to the southeast, Westhausen to the south, Wiegleben to the west and Henningsleben to the northwest.

Transport links are via the Bundesstraße (federal highway) 247 between Gotha and Bad Langensalza, branching off at Aschara via the 2125 rural road, and from Burgtonna via the Ascharer Straße.

In 1634, as a result of a succession contract, the village and the lordship of Tonna passed to the baron of Tautenburg and Frauenprießnitz, and after his death in 1640 to the count of Waldeck.

[3] To the north of the village rises a hill, on the southern side of which vines were grown in the Middle Ages, albeit with poor yields.