Hoher Nistler, Mountain summit in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Hoher Nistler is a wooded summit in the Odenwald mountain range standing at 496 meters above sea level. The peak sits within a landscape of rolling forest terrain crossed by hiking trails.

On 22 December 1991 a DC-3 crashed on the Hoher Nistler in poor visibility; 28 of the 32 people on board died, among them the filmmaker Martin Kirchberger, and four were injured. A memorial stone now stands at the edge of the path on the wooded summit, inscribed "In Erinnerung an die Opfer des Flugungluecks".

The summit ridge marks the boundary between Heidelberg's Handschuhsheim district and Dossenheim. Three forest paths run at different heights around the western spur, the uppermost called Oberer Nistlerweg, leading from the saddle to Sieben Wege. The nearby Leferenz quarry on the western slope yielded porphyry rock until operations ceased in the 1980s; the area is now largely open to walkers.

No marked trails lead to the summit itself; the usual approaches start in Handschuhsheim or Dossenheim and pass Sieben Wege, where short footpaths climb to the highest point. The wooded top gives almost no view, but a clearing on the Schräger Weg opens onto the Rhine plain. The Dossenheim quarry area is largely open to hikers.

No marked trail leads to the summit; the wooded top offers almost no view. A memorial stone beside the path recalls the crash of a DC-3 on 22 December 1991, in which 28 of the 32 people on board died, among them filmmaker Martin Kirchberger.