Hartenfels is an Ortsgemeinde, or local community, located in the Westerwaldkreis district within the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It functions as a constituent part of the Verbandsgemeinde Selters, which serves as its collective municipality.
The settlement is situated in the western region of Germany and operates under the administrative structure of the local community system typical of the Rhineland-Palatinate region.