For other uses see Nister (disambiguation).
| Nister | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Nister COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.6758°N 7.8383°W |
| Image Plan: | Nister im Westerwaldkreis.png |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Westerwaldkreis |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Hachenburg |
| Elevation: | 270 |
| Area: | 5.42 |
| Postal Code: | 57645 |
| Area Code: | 02662 |
| Licence: | WW |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 276 |
| Website: | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
| Mayor: | Thomas Giehl[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
| Party: | SPD |
Nister is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies north of Hachenburg on the river Große Nister. Nister belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective oligarchy. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In 1270, Nister had its first documentary mention.
The municipal council is made up of 16 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
| Total | ||||
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 16 seats |
Nister is linked to the long-distance road network over Bundesstraße 414. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt) can be reached over Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
The community has at its disposal the Nauberghalle with various spaces to accommodate different activities, a football field, a tennis court with three places, a playing field with a streetball area, two children's playgrounds and an extensive hiking path network.