The municipality lies a few hundred metres northwest of the district seat of Birkenfeld in the Hunsrück.

[1] The German blazon reads: Im schräglinks geteilten Schild vorne rot-silbern geschacht, hinten in Grün ein liegender goldener Hammer, darüber drei schräggestellte goldene Ähren.

The “chequy” pattern on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim, Oberamt of Birkenfeld.

The charges on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side refer to the village's primary industries: the hammer to the iron deposit within municipal limits and the ears of wheat to the agriculture that was formerly intensively pursued.

[5] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6] Through the village runs Bundesstraße 269, which southwards leads to the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier).