Saale

Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany: the Saxonian Saale (German: S?chsische Saale) and the Franconian Saale (German: Fr?nkische Saale). The Franconian Saale is a right-bank tributary of the Main, in Lower Franconia. This article is about the larger, and better known Saxonian Saale (sometimes called the Thuringian Saale), tributary of the Elbe.

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The Saale originates between Bayreuth and Hof in Upper Franconia (Bavaria), springing out of the Fichtelgebirge at an altitude of 728 m. It pursues a winding course in a northern direction, and after passing the manufacturing town of Hof, enters Thuringia. It flows amid well-wooded hills until it reaches the pleasant valley of Saalfeld. Here it receives the waters of the Schwarza, in whose valley lies the castle of Schwarzburg, the ancestral seat of the princes of the formerly ruling house of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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Franconian Saale: The Franconian Saale (German: Fr?nkische Saale) is a 142 km long river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right-bank tributary of the Main, in Lower Franconia. It should not be confused with the larger Saxonian Saale, which is a tributary to the river Elbe....