Pleiße
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| The Pleiße in Markkleeberg, near Leipzig | |
| Location | Saxony, Thuringia,  Germany |
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| Length | 90 km |
| Source | Drei-Linden-Brunnen (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) in Ebersbrunn near Zwickau 50°38′51″N 12°25′31″E / 50.64750°N 12.42528°ECoordinates: 50°38′51″N 12°25′31″E / 50.64750°N 12.42528°E |
| Source height | 443 m |
| Mouth | White Elster (Elster flood plain) in Leipzig 51°19′21″N 12°21′27″E / 51.32250°N 12.35750°E |
| Mouth height | 103 m |
| Descent | 340 m |
| Basin | Elbe |
| Progression | White Elster → Saale → Elbe → North Sea |
| Catchment | 1,876 km² |
| Right tributaries | Paradiesbach, Wyhra, Gösel |
| Left tributaries | Koberbach, Sprotte |
| Cities | Leipzig |
| Large towns | Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, Markkleeberg |
| Small towns | Gößnitz, Regis-Breitingen, Rötha, Böhlen |
| Ports | none |
| Navigable | no |
The Pleiße is a right tributary of the White Elster in Saxony, Germany. It has its source southwest of Zwickau at Ebersbrunn, then flows through Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, and other towns and villages in Saxony and Thuringia, before meeting the White Elster in Leipzig.
The river originally had a natural length of 115 km; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around 90 km.
Notes
- The information in this article is based on and/or translated from its German equivalent.
See also
External links
- Die Pleiße. In: August Schumann: Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen. Volume 8, Zwickau 1821, p. 396–410.