To the north and west it borders with Walderbach, to the south with Wald and to the west with Nittenau (District Schwandorf) The municipality of Reichenbach is subdivided in seven localities:[3] As of November 1, 2013, a part of the dissolved municipality-free area of Einsiedler and Walderbacher Forst was incorporated into Reichenbach.

The settlement in the valley of the river Regen lies on a ford and was the center of a manorial district in the early Middle Ages.

Otto Henry, Elector Palatinate from 1556 to 1559, made official the Lutheran confession and dissolved the monastery in 1556.

During the subsequent reign of Elector Friedrich III (1559-1576), who was a follower of the reformed Calvinist school, Hagnus was dismissed together with many other Lutheran clergymen.

Under the new Electoral administration in 1661, Benedictines moved back into the monastery which from 1669 fell under the management of Saint Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg.

With the dissolution and secularization of the monastery in 1803, the lively scientific and literary activity of the Reichenbach Benedictines came to an end.

Statutes were drawn up, the first purpose of which was to provide service in case of fire danger for the protection of persons and their property, first in the village of Reichenbach, then also in the surrounding area.

In 1890 the order of the Barmherzige Brüder (Brothers of Mercy) took over the monastery buildings and established a sanatorium and nursing home for the mentally and physically handicapped.

At the beginning of Holy Week in the same year, the planned construction of the new and larger water pipeline was started.

Many cycled great distances to neighbouring towns like Wackersdorf and Maxhütte to earn scant wages.

In addition, a granite quarry was discovered between Windhof and the nearby forest, where a field forge was built at the same time.

The biggest and best work of the prior was the construction of the road between Kienleiten and Roßbach (today's Kreisstraße CHA 25).

Disabled people housed in the monastery, considered "unworthy of life" at that time, suffered inhumane atrocities.

Forced labourers from occupied areas of the German Reich, mainly France and Poland, were also used in Reichenbach, mostly in agricultural operations.

The commander of the camp wanted to resist the approaching American troops and had tank barriers erected.

The then District Administrator Franz Sackmann immediately mobilized the authorities and initiated all safety measures to protect the endangered artworks.

The creation of a new bridge was vital, since beyond the rain flow fields, and wood Hutweiden beaten and the proceeds anyway barely sufficient for survival.

Reichenbach came to town the hamlet of Linden, Tiefenbach, Heimhof, Windhof, Treidling (name meaning: Treideln,-ing), while Middle Duke, wide-Prince and Gumpinger to the community forest.

The hamlet of Forestry, hunters height, Treidling and Holzseige (except Kaltenbach), and later even Tiefenbach, came to town Nittenau.

On January 1, 2000 the new millennium was celebrated punctually at 12:00 o'clock with a huge fireworks display in the former convent garden.

In 2001, the county road CHA 25 (main street) in Reichenbach up area was completely renovated and a sidewalk was built.

A still preserved in the early 17th century copied temple shows a seal coat of arms, the founder of the monastery Reichenbach attributed heraldic figure, depicting the dragon.

Reichenbach belongs to the parish forest Walderbach, at 1 September 2005 "Spiritual Unity Walderbach-Neubäu" has been extended.

On 9 June 1949 was the so-called "cross-host" on a hill above the town doomed, which residents of Reichenbach, thanks to build, that the village in war threats spared.

[clarification needed] It bears the inscription "In this sign you will sing - for special thanks for protecting our village in danger of war" and was already established in 1946.

The Cross stations were in loving detail work of residents and employees of the monastery of the Brothers of Mercy artistically designed.

Persuade them, among other things Lourdesgrotte in the apse of the monastery church, which was inaugurated in 1895, and the mountain chapel in the street Pfister.

The path along which the procession went, it was with so-called "pillory Perennials" (birch), reed grass and fresh pine green with scarves and flags decorated.

Two statues of Our Lady, also per a figure of Joseph and Jesus were decorated with flowers and girls in the procession supported.

Die Auffahrt zur neu gebauten B 16 (Roding-Regensburg) ist nur 3,5 km entfernt.