It is administratively part of the town of Gernsbach in the Rastatt district.

The village is located south of Gernsbach in the Murg Valley.

The main settlement lies west of the Murg River.

[2] The first mention of Obertsrot is in a document from 1377, held in the State Archives in Karlsruhe.

[3] The Obertsrot coat of arms depicts two diagonally crossed pike poles with their tips turned outwards, with three red roses in between them.