It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

The municipality lies roughly 18 km north of Idar-Oberstein near the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße (“German Gem Road”) and the Hunsrück Schiefer- und Burgenstraße (“Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road”).

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

[3] Oberhosenbach's mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5] Running south of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41.