 Neunkirchen am Potzberg lies southeast of the district seat of Kusel.The Potzberg, the “King of the Westrich” (an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France) is a 562 m-high mountain in the Western Palatinate on whose southeast slope lies the village, roughly a kilometre below the peak (562.5 m above sea level).The main street runs crosswise over the slope and branching off it are a few dead-end streets both uphill and downhill.