 It is located above Rorschach in the hills, and near Unterstaad (which is east of Rorschach) it reaches Lake Constance.It consists of the a number of hamlets such as Rorschacherberg, Koblen, Eschlen and Hüttenmoos.The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is "Azure five Roses Gules barbed and seeded proper slipped Vert and conjoined issuant from Coupeaux Or on a Base Azure two bars of the first."