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

The municipality lies at the south end of a long vineyard-covered ridge behind an old arm of the river Moselle.

[1] The German blazon reads: Im grünen Feld stilisierte römische Grabkammern in Gold.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Vert two stylized Roman tombs Or.

[4] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Although not a listed site, a Roman winepressing stone is also to be found in Nehren on the village square.