Birkenhördt is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and is an officially recognized tourist resort.

Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Silz, Bad Bergzabern, Dörrenbach, Böllenborn, Erlenbach bei Dahn, and Vorderweidenthal.

The coat of arms shows a golden lion on a black field symbolizing Birkenhördt's one-time allegiance to the Palatinate, and a green birch branch as a visual pun on the name "Birkenhördt".

There are a total of six cultural monuments in the municipality, including the 1862 parish church of Saint Gall.

Birkenhördt is connected by the bus lines to the local transport network.