sentences:  The municipality lies in the Hunsrück, in a hollow in the Biebertal (Bieberbach valley).The rural residential community lies roughly 6 km north-northeast of Kirchberg and 7 km west-northwest of Simmern.In the mid 16th century, Reich had its first documentary mention in a "Weistum" from the Ravengiersburg Monastery (a "Weistum" – cognate with English "wisdom" – was a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times).