The community lies in the Steigerwald (forest) on the small river Aurach on the boundary between Upper and Lower Franconia.

Priesendorf's main and namesake centre is by far the bigger of its Gemeindeteile with a population of 1,237.

The community also has two traditional rural land units, known in German as Gemarkungen, also named Priesendorf and Neuhausen (it is traditional for a Gemarkung to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

The community council is made up of 12 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds: In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to euros, amounted to €508,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €29,000.

According to official statistics, there were 26 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in agriculture or forestry in 1998, 184 in producing businesses, and in trade and transport 5.