Key facts
- Countries
- Germany Czech Republic
- Location
- Hazlov , Karlovy Vary Region , Czech Republic
- Elevation
- 724 m (2,375 ft)
- Length
- 257 km (160 mi)
- Progression
- ‹See Tfd› Saale → ‹See Tfd› Elbe → North Sea
- Left
- Weida
- Right
- Schwarzbach , Trieb , Göltzsch , Schnauder , Pleiße , Parthe , Reide
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Encyclopedic overview
The White Elster (German: Weiße Elster [ˌvaɪsə ˈʔɛlstɐ] ; Czech: Bílý Halštrov) is a 257-kilometre-long (160 mi) river in central Europe. It is a right tributary of the Saale. The source of the White Elster is in the westernmost part of the Czech Republic, in the territory of Hazlov. After a few kilometres, it flows into eastern Germany where it cuts through the Vogtland in (according to the Encyclopædia Britannica) a "deep and picturesque valley". In Germany it flows through the states of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The White Elster flows through the cities of Plauen, Greiz, Gera, Zeitz, Pegau and Leipzig, and into the river Saale in Halle.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weisse Elster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.