The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and is a winegrowing centre in the Palatinate near the north end of the German Wine Route.

Until 1969 it belonged to the now abolished Frankenthal district, and in 1972 it was assigned to the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land In 2007, 59.8% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 12.5% Catholic.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: The German blazon reads: In Silber auf grünem Grund zwei unbekleidete naturfarbene Kinder, von denen das rechte in der Rechten geschultert eine goldene Hacke, das linke in der Linken ein goldenes Rebmesser (Sesel) hält, während beide mit der anderen Hand zwischen sich eine aufrecht stehende grüne Traube halten.

The arms were approved by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior in 1967 and go back to a court seal from 1544, albeit in modified form.

The Bauhaus architect Otto Prott built the house in the economically hardship-stricken 1920s in the style of Modernity.

Left Kindenheim to avoid being drafted into the army and travelled to New Zealand via Hamburg and London.

Married Christina Gudex, of Kindenheim, on 16 November 1873 at the Presbyterian Church, Timaru, New Zealand.

Peter Kippenberger, wife Barbara (nee Mann) and seven children arrived in New Zealand in 1863 on the "Sebastapol".

Descendants include Major-General Sir Howard Karl Kippenberger, KBE, CB, DSO, ED, (28 January 1897 - 5 May 1957); United States of America Brazil Russia Australia