After Haselbach, which is still part of the municipial association (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) Pleißenaue in Thuringia, follow the Saxon communities of Regis-Breitingen, Neukieritzsch, Rötha, Böhlen, Markkleeberg, before the Pleiße arrives at Leipzig.

In the 20th century, the discharge of waste products from the carbochemical industry in the south of Leipzig led to discoloration, stench, heavy foaming and the death of all life in the lower reaches of the river.

One, the cantata Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206 he composed based on the poem by an unknown poet on the occasion of the birthday of August III who was Saxon Elector and also King of Poland.

In a typically baroque panegyric, a speech of praise and celebration, the rivers Vistula, Elbe, Pleiße and Danube pay homage to the prince and king.

[6][7] In the second Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten, BWV 207a, presumably performed in 1735 on the prince's name day, the second movement is dedicated to her, playing recitative Die stille Pleiße.