It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Lambrecht, whose seat is in the like-named town.

It was held until 1794 by the Lords of Erfenstein, whose seat was at the nearby castle.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4] The German blazon reads: Unter silbernem Schildhaupt in Schwarz ein schwebendes kugelbesetztes goldenes Tatzenkreuz.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Under a chief argent sable a cross pattée couped, the lower arm longer than the others, and in each end a roundle Or.

The arms were approved in 1954 by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior and they date from a 1772 court seal.