Weiße Elster

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Weiße Elster
Origin Western Czech Republic
Mouth Saale
Basin countries Germany, Czech Republic
Length 257 km
Source elevation 724 m

The Weiße Elster (White Elster, in Czech: Bílý Halštrov) is a 257 km long river in central Europe, right tributary of the Saale. Its source is in the westernmost part of the Czech Republic, near Aš. 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 Polish Prince and French Marshal, Józef Antoni Poniatowski in 1813.

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