Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, there are outlying villages called Altenkirchen, Bonbaden, Neukirchen, Philippstein and Tiefenbach.

[citation needed] Bonbaden has a primary school (levels 1-4) and an Evangelical and Catholic church.

In the course of municipal reforms, the aforesaid constituent communities, formerly all independent villages, were amalgamated with Braunfels in 1972.

The municipal elections on 14 March 2021 yielded the following results:[3] Note: FWG is a citizens' coalition.

organizes the Mittelalterliches Spektakulum, which over several days attracts tourists, and showmen, for which occasion, the spa gardens are turned into a knightly encampment.