The community consists of the centres of Beiseförth, Dagobertshausen, Elfershausen, Mosheim, Malsfeld, Ostheim and Sipperhausen.

Until about 1870, shipping on the river Fulda with Kassel und Hersfeld was as important a source of income as linen weaving and later basketry.

Among the sights to see are the Schiffhaus ("Ship House") where the Beise empties into the Fulda, and the Korbmachermuseum ("Basket Maker's Museum").

A small church built about 1500 was partly destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, expanded in 1752, and remodelled in 1969 Ostheim had its first documentary mention between 1145 and 1159.

The community also includes the settlement of Bubenrode, from 1377 a knight's manor of the Malsburg noble family.