Editorial Reviews - Flusssystem Wei E Elster From the Publisher Kapitel: Weiße Elster, Cospudener See, Elster-Saale-Kanal, Pleiße, Elsterfloßgraben, Elsterbecken, Parthe, Marienquelle, Nördliche Rietzschke, Elstermühlgraben, Syrabach, Hufeisensee, Talsperre Pöhl, Talsperre Zeulenroda, Zaufensgraben, Gösel, Nahle, Friesenbach, Talsperre Schömbach, Reide, Östliche Rietzschke, Mühlpleiße, Talsperre Krebsbach, Elsterflutbett, Elsterstausee Bösdorf, Gessenbach, Schwarzbach, Rosenbach, Talsperre Pirk, Göltzsch, Leinegraben, Aumatalsperre, Leubatalsperre, Hochwasserrückhaltebecken Regis-Serbitz, Pleißemühlgraben, Kaltenbach, Wyhra, Weida, Luppe, Talsperre Dröda, Talsperre Falkenstein, Speicherbecken Borna, Talsperre Werda, Elsterhochflutbett, Talsperre Windischleuba, Sprotte, Weidatalsperre, Schnauder, Talsperre Koberbach, Speicherbecken Witznitz, Rückhaltebecken Stöhna, Pereser See, Karl-Heine-Kanal, Pietzschebach, Osendorfer See. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The White Elster or Weisse Elster (German: , Czech: ) is a 257 kilometers (160 mi) 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. Although "Elster" is German for "magpie", the origin of the name has nothing to do with the bird. It is of Slavic origin: alstrawa = hurrying. The White Elster never touches the Black Elster, which flows from Lausitz into the Elbe. The rivers have the names "white" and "black" to distinguish between them. The Weisse Elster flows through the cities of Plauen, Greiz, Gera, Zeitz, Pegau and Leipzig. It flows into the river Saale in Halle. In the history of the Napoleonic Wars, the river is notable as the death site of Józef Antoni P