White Elster

{{Short description|River in Germany}}

{{Expand German|Weiße Elster|date=November 2022|topic=geo}}

{{Infobox river

| name = White Elster

| name_other = Weiße Elster, Bílý Halštrov

| image = Elstertal.jpg

| image_caption = White Elster valley near Wünschendorf/Elster

| map = Weisse_Elster_Flussverlauf.png

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 6

| subdivision_type1 = Countries

| subdivision_name1 = {{hlist|Germany|Czech Republic}}

| source1_location = Hazlov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic

| mouth_location = Saale

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|51|25|57|N|11|57|10|E|display=inline,title}}

| length = {{convert|257|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|724|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size =

| tributaries_left = Weida

| tributaries_right = Schwarzbach, Trieb, Göltzsch, Schnauder, Pleiße, Parthe, Reide

| progression = {{PSaale}}

| extra =

}}

The White Elster[http://www.germany-tourism.co.uk/EGB/outdoors_activities/health_resorts_spas_tlkur-id1256-fstadt_naturerlebnis.htm The "White Elster" river] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125007/http://www.germany-tourism.co.uk/EGB/outdoors_activities/health_resorts_spas_tlkur-id1256-fstadt_naturerlebnis.htm |date=2011-09-27 }} at www.germany-tourism.co.uk[http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/germany/w/wh.html White Elster from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA.] Accessed on 16 Jan 2011. ({{Langx|de|Weiße Elster}}, {{Langx|cs|Bílý Halštrov}}) is a {{convert|257|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} 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".{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Elster (rivers)|display=Elster|volume=9|page=300}} 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.