Herbstein is a small town in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

The spa town of Herbstein lies on the eastern slope of the Vogelsberg Mountains. in Germany.

Herbstein borders in the north on the community of Lautertal and the community of Wartenberg, in the east on the communities of Großenlüder and Hosenfeld (both in Fulda district), in the south on the community of Grebenhain, and in the west on the town of Schotten.