 The municipality lies in the Kusel "Musikantenland" in the Western Palatinate.The municipal area measures 571 ha, of which 163 ha is wooded.Thallichtenberg lies roughly 300 m above sea level northwest of Lichtenberg Castle (382 m above sea level) in a broad hollow between the Burgberg (“Castle Mountain”) and the so-called Prussian Mountains ("Preußische Berge"), which here, on the heights of the Wolfsbösch, reach 572 m above sea level.