 Since 2018, Neunkirchen am Potzberg has been an "Ortsgemeinde" within the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Kusel-Altenglan.The municipality marked its 675-year jubilee (since the 1329 first documentary mention) in 2004.Those living in Neunkirchen were originally mostly farmers and forestry workers, and at times miners who worked the Potzberg’s quicksilver pits.