Pleiße

Pleiße

The Pleiße in Markkleeberg, near Leipzig
Location	Saxony, Thuringia, Germany
Length	90 km
Source	Drei-Linden-Brunnen (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) in Ebersbrunn near Zwickau
Source height	443 m
Mouth	White Elster (Elster flood plain) in Leipzig
Mouth height	103 m
Descent	340 m
Basin	Elbe
Progression	White Elster → Saale → Elbe → North Sea
Catchment	1,876 km²
Right tributaries	Paradiesbach, Wyhra, Gösel
Left tributaries	Koberbach, Sprotte
Cities	Leipzig
Large towns	Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, Markkleeberg
Small towns	Gößnitz, Regis-Breitingen, Rötha, Böhlen
Ports	none
Navigable	no

The Pleiße is a right tributary of the White Elster in Saxony, Germany. It has its source southwest of Zwickau at Ebersbrunn, then flows through Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, and other towns and villages in Saxony and Thuringia, before meeting the White Elster in Leipzig.

The river originally had a natural length of 115 km; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around 90 km.

Notes

• The information in this article is based on and/or translated from its German equivalent.

See also

• Kleine Pleiße

External links

• Die Pleiße. In: August Schumann: Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen. Volume 8, Zwickau 1821, p. 396–410.