 On 20 June 1989, of the Steiner Mittelberg, a local mountain, became the Federally-protected nature reserve ("Naturschutzgebiet").The municipality ("Gemeinde") of Königsbach-Stein covers an area of of the Enz district, within the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Republic of Germany.Physically, it is located at the southern end of Kraichgau, a hilly region formed by layers of and of the .