 Rutsweiler am Glan is one of two places in the Kusel district named Rutsweiler.The other is Rutsweiler an der Lauter, lying some 13 km to the east-northeast.Rutsweiler am Glan lies in the Kusel "Musikantenland" (“Minstrels’ Land”) in the Western Palatinate at the foot of the Potzberg on the river Glan's right bank in a north-south direction along "Bundesstraße" 423 (Altenglan–Glan-Münchweiler–Sarreguemines).