Pleiße
The Pleiße is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It flows from south to north into the White Elster in Leipzig. Originally, its natural length was 115 km; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around 90 km.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Spring
- Description: river in Germany
- Also known as: “Pleißenquelle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wasserburg Ebersbrunn and Hirschfeld Wildlife Park.
Hirschfeld Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Markscheider, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hirschfeld Wildlife Park is in Voigtsgrün, part of the municipality of Hirschfeld, near Zwickau in the German Free State of Saxony. Records by Lady Martha von Arnim prove that the site and its stand of trees have been protected for centuries.
Station 137 Ebersbrunn
Historic site
Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Station 137 Ebersbrunn is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hüttelsgrün and Schönfels.
Hüttelsgrün
Suburb
Photo: Markscheider, CC BY 3.0.
Hüttelsgrün is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northeast of Pleiße.
Schönfels
Village
Photo: Vwpolonia75, CC BY 3.0.
Schönfels is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Pleiße.
Altrottmannsdorf
Village
Photo: Aagnverglaser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altrottmannsdorf is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Pleiße.
Pleiße
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.64752° or 50° 38′ 51″ northLongitude
12.42511° or 12° 25′ 30″ eastElevation
111 metres (364 feet)Open location code
9F2JJCXG+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 2163217576OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Pleiße” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Pleiße”
- Belarusian: “Плайсэ”
- Catalan: “Pleiße”
- Cebuano: “Pleiße”
- Chinese: “普萊瑟河”
- Chuvash: “Плайсе”
- Czech: “Pleisse”
- Czech: “Pleiße”
- Danish: “Pleiße”
- Dutch: “Pleisse”
- Dutch: “Pleiße”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پليس”
- Estonian: “Pleiße”
- French: “Pleiße”
- German: “Pleisse”
- German: “Pleiße”
- Irish: “Pleiße”
- Italian: “Pleiße”
- Japanese: “プライセ川”
- Macedonian: “Плајсе”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pleisse”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pleiße”
- Persian: “پلایسه”
- Russian: “Плайсе”
- Russian: “Пляйсе”
- Russian: “Пляйссе”
- Spanish: “Pleiße”
- Spanish: “Río Pleiße”
- Ukrainian: “Пляйсе”
- Upper Sorbian: “Pleiße”
- Upper Sorbian: “Plesna”
- Venetian: “Fiume Pleiße”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Freiwillige Feuerwehr Ebersbrunn and Ev.-meth. Gemeindesaal.
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