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

Nisterau
Municipality
Location of Nisterau within Westerwaldkreis district
Nisterau
Nisterau
Coordinates: 50°39′46″N 7°58′48″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Subdivisions2
Government
  Mayor (201924) Markus Schell[1]
Area
  Total3.26 km2 (1.26 sq mi)
Elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total823
  Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56472
Dialling codes02661
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.nisterau.de

Geography



Location


The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen. Nisterau belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.


Constituent communities


Nisterau's Ortsteile are Bach and Pfuhl.


History


About 1300, Pfuhl had its first documentary mention, with Bach's name first appearing in writing in 1416. Both were once independent communities, but were united on 1 March 1969.


Religion


Fifty-six percent of Nisterauers are Evangelical and 14.7% are Catholic.


Politics



Municipal council


The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.


Coat of arms


The tinctures and the charge of the lion in the community's arms refer to the community's former allegiance to the Duchy of Nassau and the later Prussian province of the same name. Also, the two waves symbolize the Große Nister and Kleine Nister, brooks that also form the community's natural boundaries.


Economy and infrastructure


Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.


References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.




На других языках


- [en] Nisterau

[ru] Нистерау

Нистерау (нем. Nisterau) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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