Reitzenhain is located on the crest of the Ore Mountains, next to the border between Germany and the Czech Republic at an altitude of ca.

The abandoned village Pohraniční (Böhmisch Reizenhain) is situated to its south-east, on the Czech side of the border and on the right bank of the stream.

Together with the neighbouring Reizenhain on the Czech side of the border, the Reitzenhain neighbourhood of Reißigmühle was connected to the electricity supply network in 1921.

During World War II, a bomb dropped on the village in February 1945, destroyed one building and killed 14 people.

[6] Bundesstraße 174 from Chemnitz ends on the border crossing to Hora Svatého Šebestiána and continues from there as National Road 7 to Chomutov.

[7][8] Reitzenhain has bus connections with Annaberg-Buchholz, Marienberg and Olbernhau on weekdays, and to Rübenau and Satzung on schooldays, provided by VMS.