Weisse Elster

Weisse Elster

Infobox River
river_name = Weisse Elster German language: "Weiße Elster"



caption = Weisse Elster valley
origin = Western Czech Republic
mouth = Saale
basin_countries = Germany, Czech Republic
length = 257 km
elevation = 724 m
discharge =
watershed =
The Weisse Elster ( _de. Weiße Elster, literally "White Elster"; _cs. Bílý Halštrof) is a km to mi|257|wiki=yes long river in central Europe, right tributary of the Saale. Its source is in the westernmost part of the Czech Republic, near . After a few kilometres, it flows into eastern Germany. In Germany, it flows through the states of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.

The Weisse Elster flows through the cities of Plauen, Greiz, Gera, Zeitz and Leipzig. It flows into the river Saale in Halle.

There is also a river called the Schwarze Elster ("Black Elster") in eastern Germany.

In the history of the Napoleonic Wars, the river is notable as the death site of Józef Antoni Poniatowski in 1813.


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