The municipality lies in a small hollow with northern slopes between the Eisbach and Eckbach valleys in the Palatinate.

The protestant church, built under the Dukes of Leiningen, still displays a beautiful pulpit scarved in oak and a three-spaced ceiling painting.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4] The German blazon reads: In Rot ein goldenes Tatzenkreuz.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules a cross pattée humetty Or.

Historically, a branch of the Eis Valley Railway once linked the municipality by a train station some 1,5 km away, with Grünstadt.