To the west rises the Haardt at the Palatinate Forest’s eastern edge, and to the east stretches the Upper Rhine Plain.

After Kirchheim’s reassignment to the new district of Bad Dürkheim had been completed that same year, it was also assigned in 1972 to the likewise newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.

To this end, the former Gräfliche Leininger Mühle (“Comital Leiningen Mill”), whose commercial building had for quite some time served as an inn, was to be acquired and converted.

The attempt at acquisition, however, failed because the Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land caused it to be put under monumental protection, with the attendant ban on any modification thereto.

Suspected as perpetrators were, on the one hand, militant NPD opponents, and on the other, the party itself, wanting to push the purchase price down.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale argent a saltire couped sable and azure on ground vert a church of the first with roofs gules, the steeple to dexter and ensigned with a cross Or.

Among these are the following: Saint Andrew's Church – Kirchheim's landmark is the Protestant St.-Andreas-Kirche, which in the main has its roots in the Late Gothic, although – especially in its tower – there have been Baroque additions and expansions.

Old Town Hall – The Altes Rathaus exhibits decorative timber framing with motifs from the Gothic and the Renaissance; it had documentary mentions in 1574 and 1595.

A citizen whose household sustained damage in an accident recommends such a “detour” with a sign posted on his outer wall ironically asking drivers to turn.

The east road would come cheaper because the stretch between Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim has already been built and Kirchheim's neighbouring municipalities are likewise planning such a thing.

The west road, which is favoured by a majority of citizens, would swallow up valuable vineyard lands, and it would also be necessary to build crossings and bridges to deal with both the B 271 and the railway line.

In February 2009, after a process lasting six years, the Landesbetrieb Mobilität in Speyer, released a decision to confirm plans that stipulate the west bypass.

[10] In early 2009 on Kleinkarlbacher Straße, a new fire station was brought into service that houses the “Kirchheim-Kleinkarlbach Firefighting Staging Post”.