Norheim

Norheim
Coat of arms
Norheim
Location of Norheim within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 7°48′58″E / 49.81167°N 7.81611°E / 49.81167; 7.81611Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 7°48′58″E / 49.81167°N 7.81611°E / 49.81167; 7.81611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Rüdesheim
Government
• Mayor	Ludwig Wilhelm (CDU)
Area
• Total	3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Elevation	135 m (443 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,531
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55585
Dialling codes	0671
Vehicle registration	KH
Website	www.norheim.de

Norheim (in the local speech Norem) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rüdesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Norheim is a state-recognized tourism community (Fremdenverkehrsort). and a winegrowing village.

Norheim lies in the Nahe valley near the Rheingrafenstein with its castle, and near the Rotenfels. Norheim’s elevation is 135 m above sea level and its municipal area measures 3.15 km².

Clockwise from the north, Norheim’s neighbours are the municipality of Traisen, the town of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg and the municipalities of Niederhausen and Hüffelsheim, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.

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

Norheim is especially advantageous for its climate. Framed as it is by crags and wooded mountains, its location brings it little rain and a mild climate. Moreover, the soils that have formed from the weathering of the volcanic crags represent the best prerequisites for Norheim’s winegrowing.