The municipal area measures 3.14 km2, with uses divided among agriculture (47.9%), woodlands (42.8%), open water (0.5%), dwelling and transport (8.5%) and others (0.2%).

Until 1999, this was parochially bound to the parish of Pleizenhausen, to which belong, besides the main centre, also Bergenhausen and Rayerschied.

[1] The German blazon reads: In der schwarzen Schildfläche zwischen zwei gekreuzten goldenen Palmwedeln ein nach rechts schreitender aufrechter goldener Löwe, rotbezungt und -bewehrt.

The village and court of Riegenroth were sold in the early 15th century by the Knights of Schönberg at the Castle at Wesel to the Counts Palatine of the Rhine.

The gold lion on the black field refers to the landholders, the Dukes of Palatinate-Simmern and the Electors Palatine.

[5] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6] The Autobahn A 61 can be reached through the Laudert interchange, 5 km away.

The Rhine can be reached over the Rheingoldstraße, a road from Simmern to Oberwesel passing through Kisselbach, from which the journey is 15 km.