As a result of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, the properties of the abbeys of Adelberg [de] and Oberhof were seized by the Duchy of Württemberg.

[3] The municipality (Gemeinde) of Birenbach is situated in the district of Göppingen, in Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Birenbach is located around the base of the Hohenstaufen, in the eastern foothills [de] of the Swabian Jura, though a small portion of the municipal area lies in the Schurwald and Welzheim Forest to the west.

[3] Birenbach's coat of arms displays a lion, in black and facing to the left, above a blue, wavy fess upon a field of yellow.

This coat of arms was created and adopted by the municipal council in 1958, and was approved for official use by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 18 August 1959.