Herleshausen is a community in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Herleshausen lies north of a section of the boundary with Thuringia in the thickly wooded area between the Ringgau and the Thuringian Forest (ranges) with the Thuringian Forest Nature Park in the southeast. It is found between the river Werra in the south and the Autobahn A4 (Aachen–Görlitz) in the north.