Elster (; , meaning ) may refer to:

Places

  • Elster (Elbe), a village and former municipality in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  • Elster Mountains, in Saxony and the Czech Republic
  • Black Elster (), a river in Germany
  • White 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 Saxony, Germany
  • Bad Elster Spa Museum
  • Kleine Elster, a river of Brandenburg, Germany
  • Amt Kleine Elster (Niederlausitz), an Amt (collective municipality) in the district of Elbe-Elster, Germany
  • Berga/Elster, a former town in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany
  • Crossen an der Elster, a village and municipality in the Saale-Holzland district, in Thuringia, Germany
  • Elbe-Elster, a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany
  • Falkenberg/Elster, a town in Elbe-Elster
  • Falkenberg (Elster) station, a railway station
  • Wünschendorf/Elster, a village and former municipality in the district of Greiz, in Thuringia, Germany
  • Zahna-Elster, a town in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

People

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
  • Kristian Elster (born 1881) (1881–1947), Norwegian novelist, literary historian, theatre critic and biographer
  • Magli Elster (1912–1993), Norwegian psychoanalyst, literary critic, poet and translator
  • Torolf Elster (1911–2006), Norwegian journalist, editor and writer

Fictional characters

  • Elster, a protagonist of the video game Signalis
  • David, Fred, Leo, Max, Mia, and Niska Elster, characters in the television series Humans

Other uses

  • Battle on the Elster
  • Elster glaciation (Elsterian Stage)
  • Elster Valley Railway (White Elster)
  • Operation Elster, a German espionage mission during World War II
  • Pützer Elster, a light aircraft

See also

  • C. A. Elster Building, a historic commercial building in Springville, California
  • Elstra, a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany
  • The Stranger from Elster Street (), a 1921 German silent drama film
  • Elstree, a village in England