Weida (White Elster)

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{{Infobox river

| name = Weida

| image = River-Weida-Lawitz-Germany.jpg

| image_caption = The Weida in Lawitz

| source1_location = near Pausa

| mouth_location = White Elster

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|47|44|N|12|5|21|E|display=inline,title}}

| progression = {{RWhite Elster}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Thuringia

| length = {{convert|57|km|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}}

}}

The Weida ({{IPA|de|ˈvaɪdaː|lang|De-Weida.ogg}}) is a non-navigable river in eastern Thuringia, Germany,{{cite journal | last=Schwientek | first=Marc | last2=Osenbrück | first2=Karsten | last3=Fleischer | first3=Matthias | title=Investigating hydrological drivers of nitrate export dynamics in two agricultural catchments in Germany using high-frequency data series | journal=Environmental Earth Sciences | volume=69 | issue=2 |year=2013| doi=10.1007/s12665-013-2322-2 | pages=381–393}} left tributary of the White Elster. Most of its course is situated in the district of Greiz.

The Weida's source is near Pausa in Saxony; it then flows through the Thuringian Highland passing Zeulenroda-Triebes and through the eponymous Weida. It then feeds into the White Elster near Wünschendorf/Elster. Its tributaries include the Auma and the Leuba.