The Elwetritsch, Elwedritsch, or Ilwedritsch is a birdlike cryptid which is reported to be seen in the South west portion of Germany especially in Palatinate. The Elwetritsch can be also identified with the Bavarian Wolpertinger or the Thuringian Rasselbock.
There are clubs in several Palatinate cities which promote the myth of the Elwetritschen. The Elwetrittche-Club in Landau, formed in 1982, is the oldest club. A square dancing club from the same city calls its annual 'Dance-Special' the "Landauer Elwetrittsche-Jagd" (Landauian Elwetrittche-Hunt). There is also an Elwetritsche Academy in Pirmasens, a college for "Tritschology" in Dahn and an exhibition with figures of the mythical creatures in the Landauian zoo as well as in the zoo in Kaiserslautern.