The community lies in the mountains in eastern Hesse, where it finds itself in the centre of the Richelsdorfer Gebirge (range) between the Fulda to the west and the Werra to the east.

On 3 September 2006, Ralf Hilmes (SPD) was elected with 71.7% of the vote, thereby unseating Lothar Schmidt as the mayor on 1 January 2007.

Although the arms shown in this article show the two tools in silver (white), the German blazon says that this charge should be gold.

The fir trees in the upper part of the escutcheon refer to the community's wealth in woodland.

In Nentershausen stands a protected village or court linden tree that is some 600 years old.