page_title: Bad Elster
hierarchical_section_title: Bad Elster
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Halbmeilensäule in Bad Elster Fotograf: Hejkal
context_page_description: Bad Elster is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river White Elster, and is protected from extremes of temperature by the surrounding wooded hills. It is 25 km southeast of Plauen, and 25 km northwest of Cheb.
  It is part of the Freunde im Herzen Europas microregion.
context_section_description: Bad Elster ([ˌbaːt ˈɛlstɐ]) is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river White Elster, and is protected from extremes of temperature by the surrounding wooded hills. It is 25 km southeast of Plauen, and 25 km northwest of Cheb.
  It is part of the Freunde im Herzen Europas microregion.
caption: pillar "Halbmeilensäule" of 1724 nearby Kirchberg
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