Philippsthal (Werra) is a market community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany, right at the boundary with Thuringia.

In 1191, Philippsthal had its first documentary mention in a Schutzbrief ("protection letter") from Pope Celestine III to the Hersfeld Abbey.

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: The community's executive (Gemeindevorstand) is made up of ten members, with four seats allotted to the SPD, two to the CDU and four to the FWG.

The "double cross" recalls the convent in the community and the Hersfeld Abbey, which was a definite factor in earlier centuries.

The striped lion (Hesse's heraldic beast) stands for the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel, into whose ownership the community came in the 16th century.