Elves

Elben is the name for:

• Elves , mythical creatures from Germanic mythology
• Elves (Middle-earth) , a race of beings from stories by JRR Tolkien (engl. Elves )
• Elben , another name for feint (fish) , fish from the herrings family

Elben is the name of the following geographical objects:

• Elben (Westerwald) , municipality in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate
• Elben (Wenden) , part of the municipality of Wenden (Sauerland) in the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Elben (Kaden) , part of the municipality of Kaden in the Westerwaldkreis
• Elben (Naumburg) , formerly an independent village and court, today part of the Elbenberg district of Naumburg in the Kassel district, Hesse
• Elben (Gerbstedt) , part of the village of Freist, belonging to the city of Gerbstedt, in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt

Elben is the name

• of the Lower Hessian knight family of those of Elben, see Elben (noble family)
• as well as the following persons:
  • Christian Gottfried Elben (1754–1829), founder and editor of the Swabian Mercury
  • Emil Elben (1795–1873), German editor and responsible editor at the Swabian Merkur
  • Gustav von Elben (1832–1912), German lawyer and politician
  • Otto Elben (1823–1899), Württemberg journalist and politician

See also:

• Elbe
• Elbe

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.