What is "elster"

Elster may refer to:

• the river White Elster (Weiße Elster) in Germany and the Czech Republic
• the river Black Elster (Schwarze Elster) in Germany
• the town Bad Elster in Germany
• the town Elster (Elbe), part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Elbaue-Fläming in Germany
• the Elster glaciation (Elsterian Stage)
• Jon Elster, philosopher
• Kevin Elster, Major League Baseball player
• Operation Elster (German for magpie) a 1944 German infiltration attempt on North America during World War II
• Pützer Elster, a light aircraft

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 (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming, before 2005 it belonged to the administrative community of Elster-Seyda-Klöden.