Elster

 ( Surnames Of German Origin ) 

Elster may refer to:

• 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

• 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

• 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

• C. A. Elster Building, a historic commercial building in Springville, California
• Elbe-Elster, a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Brandenburg, Germany
• Elstra, a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
• The Stranger from Elster Street (German: Die Fremde aus der Elstergasse), a 1921 German silent drama film
• Zahna-Elster, a town in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany