 Today, all primary school pupils, special school pupils, Hauptschule students and Gymnasium students attend their respective schools in Lauterecken.Lohnweiler lies on "Bundesstraße" 270 which links Idar-Oberstein with Kaiserslautern.The town of Lauterecken lies only 2 km away, while to each of Kusel and Kaiserslautern it is 30 km.