Nister
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Nister within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°40′33″N 07°50′18″E / 50.67583°N 7.83833°E / 50.67583; 7.83833
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Thomas Giehl[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• 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.

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.

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.

• Nister in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)