Liebshausen is an Ortsgemeinde, which is a type of municipality belonging to a collective municipality known as a Verbandsgemeinde. It is located within the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The village belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, which has its administrative seat in the town of Simmern.