The municipality lies in the Palatinate on a rise at the edge of the Haardt near the north end of the German Wine Route.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: The German blazon reads: In geteiltem und oben gespaltenem Schild, oben rechts wiederum gespalten, rechts von Silber und Blau dreizeilig geschachtet, links in Gold ein goldbekrönter halber schwarzer Adler am Spalt, oben links in Blau ein rotbewehrter und -bezungter silberner Löwe, unten in Silber ein blaues Hufeisen mit abwärts gekehrten Stollen.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess, in chief per pale, in dexter per pale chequy of six argent and azure and Or a demi-eagle reguardant sable couped at the partition, in sinister a lion rampant of the first armed and langued gules, in base argent a horseshoe of the second.

is found a commercial area that houses, among other things, a motorcycle and technology museum run by unpaid workers.

The forebears of German resistance fighter against Hitler and 20 July plot co-conspirator Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were connected to the village.