The town is located on the top plain, the area extends down to the river Enz valley.

Birkenfeld borders Pforzeim and the Enzkreis municipalities of Keltern, Straubenhardt, Neuenbürg and Engelsbrand.

[3] The earliest known history in Birkenfeld is to be found in grave finds in a Celtic settlement in the municipality dated to 400 BC.

When the Kingdom of Württemberg reorganized its administrative structure [de] in 1810, the township was placed under Neuenbürg.

Stratec Biomedical Systems has their headquarters in Birkenfeld, as well as Müller Group slaughterhouses.