# Nister

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For other uses, see [Nister (disambiguation)](/source/Nister_(disambiguation)).

**Nister** (ˈnɪstɐ) is an *Ortsgemeinde* – a community belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)* – in the [Westerwaldkreis](/source/Westerwaldkreis) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany).

## Geography

The community lies north of [Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg) on the river [Große Nister](/source/Nister_(river)). Nister belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective oligarchy. Its seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Hachenburg).

## History

In 1270, Nister had its first documentary mention.

## Politics

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.

SPD Wählergemeinschaft Total 2004 9 7 16 seats

## Economy and infrastructure

### Transport

Nister is linked to the long-distance road network over *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 414. The [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchanges](/source/Interchange_(road)) *[Mogendorf](/source/Mogendorf)* and *[Dierdorf](/source/Dierdorf)* on the [A 3](/source/Bundesautobahn_3) ([Cologne](/source/Cologne)–[Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)) can be reached over *Bundesstraßen* 8 and 413. The nearest [InterCityExpress](/source/InterCityExpress) stop is the [railway station](/source/Railway_station) at Montabaur on the [Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line](/source/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](/source/Association_football) field, a [tennis](/source/Tennis) court with three places, a playing field with a streetball area, two children's [playgrounds](/source/Playground) and an extensive [hiking](/source/Hiking) path network.

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

## External links

- [Nister in the collective municipality’s Web pages](https://web.archive.org/web/20071005210406/http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/nister/) (in German)

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