Also belonging to Norheim are the outlying homesteads of Brunnenhof, Buchenländerhof, Wasserkraftwerk, Kronenhof and Haus am Tunnel.

[6] At the foot of the porphyry massif known as the Rotenfels, Norheim has a 1,200-year-long history as the oldest wine village on the Nahe, at least going by historical records.

By way of the Rhinegraves and the Counts of Sponheim, the Lords of Sickingen at Castle Ebernburg became the village’s rulers in 1440, ruling for more than 300 years.

When the last lord of this line died out in 1768, the now heirless fief passed back to the overlord, the Electorate of the Palatinate.

After the Napoleonic Wars had ended and after the decisions had been made at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Norheim became Prussian and was assigned to the Oberamt of Kreuznach.

The deputies to the mayor are Patrick Rusch (100% Norheim), Rainer Beisiegel (CDU), and Stephan Karsch (SPD).

[18] During the municipal election held on 09-Jun-2024 the lone candidate for mayor, Tristan Heringklee (CDU), had not reached the required absolute majority, missing it by 12 votes.

Due to this a special election was held on 10-Nov-2024, during which the candidate Uwe Sax won the absolute majority, receiving a percentage of votes of 78.2%.

[20] At the municipal election held on 26-May-2019 he was confirmed in office, with a percentage of votes of 71.44%, against his opponent Markus Karsch (SPD).

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure on ground vert, a steed passant argent upon which Saint Martin of Tours of the same cutting with his sword a piece of his cloak gules for a kneeling beggar man of the third.

It was given its Gothic Revival makeover in 1864, while the steeple was made taller in 1911 with the addition of a slated belfry and a pointed, eight-sided spire.

Because Norheim villagers were bound to the mill upstream from his, the then owner, Stein, had to seek custom elsewhere, in Traisen and Hüffelsheim.

Its then projected yearly output was roughly 200 000 kWh The third mill is the Weidenmühle on the road leading eastwards out of the village.

The wines from the individual winegrowing locations – Einzellagen – of Kirschheck, Kafels, Oberberg and Dellchen enjoy international reputations.