sentences:  The municipality lies in the Kusel "Musikantenland" (“Minstrels’ Land”) in the Western Palatinate, in the northerly shelter of a ridge stretching southeastwards from the 402 m-high Odersberg (or Ödesberg).The Rödelsbach (brook) touches the village along the northern edge, then flowing east to the river Glan.Surrounded by gardens and meadows with many fruit trees, Etschberg lies in a relatively small municipal area with an elevation ranging from 220 to 320 m above sea level.