 The municipality is located in the Waldenburg district, in the Waldenburger and Vorderen Frenken valleys on the old road over the Oberen Hauenstein Pass.It consists of the village of Niederdorf along with 14 scattered farming settlements (from the 19th Century) and the former church-owned farm of Arxhof (established in 1585, acquired by the Canton in 1960).The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Per bend Argent and Gules, overall a Key palewise counterchanged."