Elster

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), a road bridge over the White Elster
 * Bad Elster, a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
 * Bad Elster Spa Museum
 * Elster (Elbe), a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
 * Elster Mountains, in Saxony and the Czech Republic
 * Kleine Elster, a river of Brandenburg, Germany
 * Amt Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz), an Amt (collective municipality) in the district of Elbe-Elster, Germany

Surname

 * Charles Harrington Elster (born 1957), American writer, broadcaster, and logophile
 * Charlotte Elster, German-American physicist
 * Else Elster (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 (active since 2001), American experimental artist, filmmaker, writer, photographer and performer
 * Jon Elster, (born 1940), Norwegian social and political theorist
 * Julius Elster (1854–1920), German teacher and physicist
 * Kevin Elster (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) (1881–1947), Norwegian novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer; the son
 * Magli Elster (1912–1993), Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator
 * Torolf Elster (1911–2006), Norwegian journalist, editor and writer

Other uses

 * Battle on the Elster, fought 1080 near the White Elster between king Henry IV of Germany and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden
 * Elster glaciation (Elsterian Stage)
 * Elster Valley Railway (White Elster)
 * Operation Elster (German for magpie) a 1944 German infiltration attempt on North America during World War II
 * Pützer Elster, a light aircraft