The municipality of Lichtenstein was created on 1 January 1975 by the merger of Honau, Holzelfingen [de], and Unterhausen (which had in 1930 merged with Oberhausen).

Lichtenstein expanded the most, first purchasing an old industrial site in 1979 to turn it into a new town center.

[2] The municipality (Gemeinde) of Lichtenstein covers 34.24 square kilometres (13.22 sq mi) of the Reutlingen district, in the state of the Federal Republic of Germany.

[4] The municipal coat of arms for Lichtenstein shows a white wing on a field of blue.

The pattern was awarded to the municipality by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on 13 August 1975.