The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück between Simmern and Kastellaun, right on the Schinderhannes-Radweg (cycle path) at a mean elevation of 360 m above sea level.

Archaeological finds from the New Stone Age bear witness to settlement on the site where the village now stands.

The museum's goal is to document farming equipment and machines, old handicraft occupations along with their tools and village life as it was in days of yore.

[5] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6] On the second Sunday in July, the traditional artistic craftsman's and farmer's market is held in the historic village centre.

In the museum and on the square outside the sponsorship association, together with partner organizations, sees to it that there is a variety of cultural offerings with, among other things, the Oldtimer-Show and the Open-Air-Kino (cinema).

Still remaining from the old Grube Eid mine are tailing heaps, a charge in the municipal arms and a few unique articles now in the local museum.

The right-of-way is now part of the Schinderhannes-Radweg (cycle path), which is heavily used, notably by visitors to the area.

Jobs in the village are furnished by a carpentry and crane business, a metal construction business, a construction firm, a farmer's kitchen, a carpentry shop, a fabric shop, an insurance agency, an architectural office and a veterinary practice.