| Sprotte | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Germany |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Thuringia |
| Subdivision Type3: | Reference no. |
| Subdivision Name3: | DE: 56664 |
| Length: | 30 km [1] |
| Source1 Location: | In four headstreams west of Crimmitschau, e.g. near Gera (parish in Leumnitz) as the Großensteiner Sprotte |
| Source1 Elevation: | about 309 m (Großensteiner Sprotte) |
| Mouth Location: | Near Saara into the Pleiße |
| Mouth Elevation: | about 187 m |
| Basin Landmarks: | Large towns: Schmölln |
| Basin Size: | 165.7 km2 [2] |
| Discharge1 Location: | at Großstöbnitz gauge[3] |
| Discharge1 Min: | Record low: 68 L/s (in 1991) Average low: 233 L/s |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 620 L/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | Average high: 7.43 m³/s Record high: 16.6 m³/s (in 30.11.2002) |
| Custom Label: | References |
The Sprotte is a left tributary of the Pleiße in East Thuringia, Germany.
The headwaters of the river come from three source streams, which begin west of Crimmitschau and are as follows:
The western branch flows northwest and meets with the Heukewalder Sprotte near Vollmershain. Between Posterstein and Nöbdenitz these flow into the Eastern Sprotte. Then the Sprotte flows northeast through the municipality of Nöbdenitz, then further through the city of Schmölln to Saara, where it meets the Pleiße.
The river is 25 km long (Mannichswalder Sprotte). The Sprotte river valley partly follows the rail line from Gera to Altenburg as well as the Bundesstraße 7.
From its source to its mouth, the Sprotte travels 120 meters downhill (from 315 to 195 m above sea level).