 It also includes the former Imperial palace ("Kaiserpfalz") at Kriessern, but not the formerly attached village of Mäder in Vorarlberg and Diepoldsau.It lies between Rüthi in the south and Eichberg in the northwest.The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Per fess Or a Lion passant Sable langued and armed of the field and Sable a Cross pattee couped between in chief two Mullets Or."