Hauenstein

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{{Infobox German location

|type = Ortsgemeinde

|name = Hauenstein

|image_photo = Deutsches Schuhmuseum.jpg

|image_caption = German Shoe Museum

|image_coa = DEU Hauenstein (Pfalz) COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|49|11|N|7|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Hauenstein in PS.svg

|state = Rheinland-Pfalz

|district = Südwestpfalz

|Verbandsgemeinde = Hauenstein

|elevation = 348

|area = 13.91

|postal_code = 76846

|area_code = 06392

|licence = PS

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 40 014

|website = [http://www.hauenstein.de/ www.hauenstein.de]

|mayor = Michael Zimmermann[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südwestpfalz], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

|leader_term = 2019–24

|party = CDU

}}

Hauenstein is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approximately 20 km east of Pirmasens, and 20 km west of Landau.

Hauenstein is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hauenstein.

It is an important centre for the shoe industry, and is home to the German Shoe Museum (Deutsches Schuhmuseum).

File:Hauenstein Shoe center 40637.jpg