The municipality lies west of the Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein.

In 1800, Schinderhannes (Johannes Bückler), an infamous outlaw, celebrated his “Robber’s Ball of Griebelschied”.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

[1] The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, and vert an oakleaf bendwise slipped and a sprig of acorns bendwise sinister, the two per saltire in base and the whole of the first.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4] To the southeast runs Bundesstraße 41.