Heimbuchenthal lies in the Bavarian Lower Main (Bayerischer Untermain) in the upper valley of the Elsava in the Mittelgebirge (hill range) Spessart.

Within the municipal area there were 1,875 inhabitants in 1970, 2,106 in 1987, 2,260 in 2000 and 2,154 in 2013 According to official statistics, in 1998, there were 133 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses.

First mentioned in the late 13th century was a hunting lodge called Mulen, along with a forester's seat, a Forsthube.

[4][better source needed] About 1830 some 100 people lived at the Höllhammer and the specially built school was attended by up to 30 children.

The community's arms might be described thus: Gules a fess wavy argent, in chief three beech leaves of the first, two in saltire surmounted by the third palewise, issuant from the base a cogwheel spoked of five of the first.

The wavy fess (horizontal band) symbolizes the community's location in the Elsava valley.

The combination of the wavy fess and the cogwheel refers to the hammerworks that was running in the 18th and 19th centuries in the outlying centre of Höllhammer.