Elster may refer to:

Places

Black Elster The Black Elster or Schwarze Elster () is a long river in eastern Germany, in the states Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, right tributary of the Elbe. Its source is in the Upper Lusatia region, near Elstra. The Black Elster flows through t ...

(''Schwarze Elster''), a river in Germany *

White Elster The White Elster
Accessed on 16 Jan 2011. (, ) is a long river in central

Elster Viaduct The Elster Viaduct (german: Elstertalbrücke) is a railway bridge in the German state of Saxony. It carries the Leipzig–Hof line near Jocketa over the valley of the White Elster. After the Göltzsch Viaduct (''Göltzschtalbrücke'') it is th ...

, a railway bridge over the White Elster **

Elster Viaduct (Pirk) The Elster Viaduct near Pirk, part of Weischlitz municipality, is one of the most unusual motorway bridges in Germany. The building of this bridge began in 1937, but was stopped in 1940 due to the chaos created by World War II. Since this bridg ...

, a road bridge over the White Elster *

Bad Elster Bad Elster () is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river White Elster, and is protected from extremes of t ...

, a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany **

Bad Elster Spa Museum The first Spa Museum (''Bademuseum'') in Bad Elster, Saxony was opened in 1880 due to the work of Prof. Dr. Robert Flechsig (1817–1892), Bernhard v. Heygendorff (1843–1916) and the Royal Saxony court photographer Emil Tietze (1840–1831). It ...

Elster (Elbe) Elster is a village and a former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany located in Wittenberg district. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Zahna-Elster. From 2005 until 2011 it belonged to the administrative municipality (''Verwaltun ...

, a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany *

Elster Mountains The Elster Mountains (german: Elstergebirge, cs, Halštrovské hory) is a small range of mountains, in Saxony and the Czech Republic, to the west of the Ore Mountains. They lie in a region known as Vogtland, and take their name from the River E ...

, in Saxony and the Czech Republic *

Kleine Elster Kleine Elster is a river of Brandenburg, Germany. It flows into the Black Elster in Wahrenbrück. See also *List of rivers of Brandenburg A list of rivers of Brandenburg, Germany: A * Alte Oder * Alte Schlaube B * Bäke * Berste * Black E ...

, a river of Brandenburg, Germany * Amt Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz), an ''Amt'' (collective municipality) in the district of Elbe-Elster, Germany

People

Surname

Charles Harrington Elster Charles Harrington Elster (born 1957, New York City) is an American writer, broadcaster, and logophile. In 1998, he cofounded and cohosted the weekly public radio show ''A Way with Words ''A Way with Words'' is an American weekly public radio ...

(born 1957), American writer, broadcaster, and logophile * Charlotte Elster, German-American physicist *

Else Elster Else Elster (22 February 1910 – 28 March 1998) was a German actress who appeared in over forty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Selected filmography * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * '' Weekend in Paradise'' (1931) * '' Victoria and ...

(1910-1998), German film actress * Erwin Elster (1887-1977), Polish painter and pedagogue * Gottlieb Elster (1867-1917), German sculptor. * Ingolf Elster Christensen (1872-1943), Norwegian jurist, military officer, county governor and politician *

Jennifer Elster Jennifer Elster is an American experimental artist, filmmaker, writer, photographer, musician, and performer. She is the founder of ''The Development'', a film and art studio based in New York City. She is best known for her performance artwork, ...

(active from 2001), American experimental artist, filmmaker, writer, photographer and performer *

Jon Elster Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University. He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Su ...

, (born 1940), Norwegian social and political theorist *

Julius Elster Julius Johann Phillipp Ludwig Elster (24 December 1854 in Blankenburg – 6 April 1920) was a teacher and physicist. Biography Elster and Hans Friedrich Geitel, the son of a Forester, Forstmeister who had moved to Bad Blankenburg, Blankenburg with ...

(1854-1920), German teacher and physicist *

Kevin Elster Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...

(born 1964), American Major League Baseball player * Kristian Elster (born 1841) (1841-1881), Norwegian novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic; the father *

Kristian Elster (born 1881) Kristian Elster (17 March 1881 – 6 November 1947) was a Norwegian novelist, literary historian, theatre critic, and biographer. Biography Kristian Elster was born in Trondheim, Norway as the son of the author Kristian Elster (1841–1881) a ...

(1881-1947), Norwegian novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer; the son *

Magli Elster Magli Elster (née Raknes; 21 November 1912 – 11 May 1993) was a Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator. Personal life Elster was born in the neighborhood of Vålerenga in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the d ...

(1912-1993), Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator *

Torolf Elster Torolf Elster (27 May 1911 – 4 November 2006) was a Norwegian newspaper and radio journalist, magazine editor, novelist, crime fiction writer and writer of short stories. He was Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NR ...

(1911-2006), Norwegian journalist, editor and writer

Other uses

Battle on the Elster Battle on the Elster (german: Schlacht bei Hohenmölsen) was the third and last battle between the Salian king Henry IV of Germany and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden, fought on October 14, 1080 near Hohenmölsen on the White Elster river. R ...

, fought 1080 near the White Elster between king Henry IV of Germany and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden *

Elster glaciation The Elster glaciation (german: Elster-Kaltzeit, ''Elster-Glazial'' or ''Elster-Zeit'') or, less commonly, the Elsterian glaciation, in the older and popular scientific literature also called the Elster Ice Age (''Elster-Eiszeit''), is the oldest k ...

(Elsterian Stage) *

Elster Valley Railway Elster may refer to: Places * Black Elster (''Schwarze Elster''), a river in Germany * White Elster (''Weiße Elster''), a river in Germany and the Czech Republic ** Elster Viaduct, a railway bridge over the White Elster ** Elster Viaduct (Pirk) ...

(White Elster) *

Operation Elster Operation Elster ("Magpie" in English) was a German espionage mission intended to gather intelligence on U.S. military and technology facilities during World War II. The mission commenced in September 1944 with two Nazi agents sailing from Kiel, ...

(German for magpie) a 1944 German infiltration attempt on North America during World War II *

Pützer Elster The Pützer Elster was a German single-engined light aircraft, manufactured by Alfons Pützer KG (later Sportavia) in Bonn. It served with the Luftwaffe and Marineflieger and was used solely for recreational sport flying. Some continue to fly in ...

, a light aircraft