The municipality lies in the Hunsrück at the edge of the Baybach valley, roughly 5 km southwest of Emmelshausen.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale gules a fess argent and Or a chapel affronty sable.

The composition with the fess (horizontal stripe) on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side is a reference to the Gallenscheid Court, and is rendered in Electoral Trier's tinctures.

The charge on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the chapel, is a former landmark in the village.

[4] The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]