Pleiße
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| Pleiße | |
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.jpg) The Pleiße near Großdeuben |
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| Location | Saxony, Thuringia,  Germany |
| Length | 90 km |
| Source | Drei-Linden-Brunnen (formerly Alboldsbrunnen) in Ebersbrunn near Zwickau 50°38′51″N 12°25′31″E / 50.6475°N 12.42528°ECoordinates: 50°38′51″N 12°25′31″E / 50.6475°N 12.42528°E |
| Source height | 443 m |
| Mouth | Weiße Elster (Elster flood plain) in Leipzig 51°19′21″N 12°21′27″E / 51.3225°N 12.3575°E |
| Mouth height | 103 m |
| Descent | 340 m |
| Basin | Elbe |
| Progression | Weiße 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 Weiße Elster in Saxony, Germany. It has its source southwest of Zwickau at Ebersbrunn, then flows through Werdau, Crimmitschau, Altenburg, and other cities in Saxony and Thuringia, before meeting the Weiße Elster in Leipzig.
The river naturally had a length of 115 km; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around 90 km.
[edit] Notes
- The information in this article is based on and/or translated from its German equivalent.
[edit] External links
- Die Pleiße. In: August Schumann: Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen. Volume 8, Zwickau 1821, p. 396–410.
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