 It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.In the 12th century, Horrweiler was Salian, and then passed into Electorate of the Palatinate ownership and was annexed to the "Amt" of Stromberg as a subfief, with which it remained until the French Revolution.The tithes and patronage rights over the church were originally held by the Counts of Leiningen, who further conferred them upon members of the lower nobility.