Schöllkrippen is the largest settlement of the Kahlgrund and lies on the river Kahl on the western edge of the Spessart (range).

The neighbouring communities are from the north (clockwise): Westerngrund, Kleinkahl, Schöllkrippener Forst [de] (an unincorporated area), Sommerkahl, Blankenbach, Krombach and Geiselbach.

Schöllkrippen has long been the central settlement of the Upper Kahlgrund and a meeting point of roads at least since the Middle Ages.

[3] What had in the past been considered a prehistoric Celtic circular rampart, the Alte Burg or Altenburg on the nearby Reuschberg, is now thought to date to medieval times.

[5]: 25 Schöllkrippen's central location in the Kahlgrund has led the market community to grow into a local shopping hub since the mid-1990s.

After the carwash manufacturer WashTec withdrew from its Schöllkrippen location at the Augsburg-based mother company’s behest, the sprawling halls and plots of land on the Ernstkirchen Gemarkung (traditional rural cadastral area, this one lying on the way out of the community towards Blankenbach) lay empty for nearly three years.

(as at municipal election held on 2 March 2008) The community’s arms might be described thus: Per fess gules a wheel spoked of six argent, Or in base a mount of three vert issuant therefrom three morningstars sable, the dexter in bend, the middle in pale and the sinister in bend sinister.

Although this does indeed mention the name Schöllkrippen, it was surely no municipal seal, but rather more likely a local official’s personal coat of arms.

The Sackhaus, which was used to store local taxes paid in goods, is today the largest half-timbered building in town.

[6][4][5]: 24–5 The Alte Burg [de] on the peak of the Reuschberg is a sort of circular rampart, with remains of both earth and masonry walls, long thought to date to the La Tène period.

New bus connections to Gelnhausen, Freigericht/Somborn and Heigenbrücken were brought into service on 10 December 2006 to afford the region of the upper Kahlgrund and its many commuters better links to neighbouring Hesse.

Schöllkrippen is connected to the road network as follows: The district's biggest Hauptschule served an estimated 550 students in the 2007/2008 school year.