[3] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert two Ploughshares in pale touching in point.

Of the rest of the land, 4.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

It is on the border with Germany and is north-east of Schleitheim in a valley on the west foot of the Randen range.

Of the foreign population, (as of 2008[update]), 73.3% are from Germany, 3.3% are from Italy, 6.7% are from Serbia, and 16.7% are from another country.

[6] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 67.7% of the vote.

There were 72 residents of the municipality were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 25% of the workforce.