# Elster

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**Elster** (/ˈɛlstər/; ˈʔɛlstɐ, meaning 'magpie') may refer to:

## Places

- [Elster (Elbe)](/source/Elster_(Elbe)), a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- [Elster Mountains](/source/Elster_Mountains), in Saxony and the Czech Republic
- [Black Elster](/source/Black_Elster) (*Schwarze Elster*), a river in Germany
- [White Elster](/source/White_Elster) (*Weiße Elster*), a river in Germany and the Czech Republic - [Elster Viaduct](/source/Elster_Viaduct), a railway bridge over the White Elster - [Elster Viaduct (Pirk)](/source/Elster_Viaduct_(Pirk)), a road bridge over the White Elster
- [Bad Elster](/source/Bad_Elster), a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany - [Bad Elster Spa Museum](/source/Bad_Elster_Spa_Museum)
- [Kleine Elster](/source/Kleine_Elster), a river of Brandenburg, Germany
- [Amt Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz)](/source/Amt_Kleine_Elster_(Niederlausitz)), an *Amt* (collective municipality) in the district of Elbe-Elster, Germany
- [Berga/Elster](/source/Berga/Elster), a former town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany
- [Crossen an der Elster](/source/Crossen_an_der_Elster), a village and municipality in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany
- [Elbe-Elster](/source/Elbe-Elster), a *Kreis* (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany - [Falkenberg/Elster](/source/Falkenberg/Elster), a town in Elbe-Elster - [Falkenberg (Elster) station](/source/Falkenberg_(Elster)_station), a railway station
- [Wünschendorf/Elster](/source/W%C3%BCnschendorf/Elster), a village and former municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany
- [Zahna-Elster](/source/Zahna-Elster), a town in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

## People

### Surname

- [Charles Harrington Elster](/source/Charles_Harrington_Elster) (born 1957), American writer, broadcaster, and logophile
- [Charlotte Elster](/source/Charlotte_Elster), German-American physicist
- [Else Elster](/source/Else_Elster) (1910–1998), German film actress
- [Erwin Elster](/source/Erwin_Elster) (1887–1977), Polish painter and pedagogue
- [Gottlieb Elster](/source/Gottlieb_Elster) (1867–1917), German sculptor
- [Ingolf Elster Christensen](/source/Ingolf_Elster_Christensen) (1872–1943), Norwegian jurist, military officer, county governor and politician
- [Jennifer Elster](/source/Jennifer_Elster) (active since 2001), American experimental artist, filmmaker, writer, photographer and performer
- [Jon Elster](/source/Jon_Elster), (born 1940), Norwegian social and political theorist
- [Julius Elster](/source/Julius_Elster) (1854–1920), German teacher and physicist
- [Kevin Elster](/source/Kevin_Elster) (born 1964), American Major League Baseball player
- [Kristian Elster (born 1841)](/source/Kristian_Elster_(born_1841)) (1841–1881), Norwegian novelist, journalist, literary critic and theatre critic
- [Kristian Elster (born 1881)](/source/Kristian_Elster_(born_1881)) (1881–1947), Norwegian novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer
- [Magli Elster](/source/Magli_Elster) (1912–1993), Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator
- [Torolf Elster](/source/Torolf_Elster) (1911–2006), Norwegian journalist, editor and writer

### Fictional characters

- Elster, a protagonist of the video game *[Signalis](/source/Signalis)*
- David, Fred, Leo, Max, Mia, and Niska Elster, characters in the television series *[Humans](/source/Humans_(TV_series))*

## Other uses

- [Battle on the Elster](/source/Battle_on_the_Elster)
- [Elster glaciation](/source/Elster_glaciation) (Elsterian Stage)
- [Elster Valley Railway](/source/Elster_Valley_Railway) (White Elster)
- [Operation Elster](/source/Operation_Elster), a German espionage mission during World War II
- [Pützer Elster](/source/P%C3%BCtzer_Elster), a light aircraft

## See also

- [C. A. Elster Building](/source/C._A._Elster_Building), a historic commercial building in Springville, California
- [Elstra](/source/Elstra), a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany
- *[The Stranger from Elster Street](/source/The_Stranger_from_Elster_Street)* (German: *Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse*), a 1921 German silent drama film
- [Elstree](/source/Elstree), a village in England

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