Nister

Nister
Nister
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nister within Westerwaldkreis district
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor	Juliane Vetter
Area
• Total	5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,038
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57645
Dialling codes	02662
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.hachenburg-vg.de

Nister is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies north of Hachenburg on the river Nister. Nister belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1270, Nister had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

	SPD	Wählergemeinschaft	Total
2004	9	7	16 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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.

Public institutions

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.