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Saale River

Saale
Petersgrat bei Hof Bayern.jpg
The Saale valley near Hof
Country  Germany
States Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt
Reference no. DE: 56
Basin features
Main source near Zell im Fichtelgebirge
728 m above sea level (NN)
50°07′14″N 11°49′50″E / 50.12056°N 11.83056°E / 50.12056; 11.83056Coordinates: 50°07′14″N 11°49′50″E / 50.12056°N 11.83056°E / 50.12056; 11.83056
River mouth near Barby into the Elbe
49.5 m above sea level (NN)
51°57′17″N 11°54′50″E / 51.95472°N 11.91389°E / 51.95472; 11.91389
Progression Elbe → North Sea
River system Elbe
Basin size 24,100 km2 (9,300 sq mi)
Landmarks
Tributaries
Bridges Saale bridge, Rudolphstein,
Old Saale bridge, Jena-Burgau
Inland ports Hafen Halle (Saale), Sophienhafen in Halle (Saale)
Physical characteristics
Length 413 km (257 mi)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    115 m3/s (4,100 cu ft/s)
Navigable From its mouth to Bad Dürrenberg; for Europa ships to Halle-Trotha

The Saale (German pronunciation: [ˈzaːlə]), also known as the Saxon Saale (German: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (German: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the Main, or the Saale in Lower Saxony, a tributary of the Leine.

The Saale originates on the slope of the Großer Waldstein mountain near Zell in the Fichtelgebirge in Upper Franconia (Bavaria), at an elevation of 728 metres (2,388 ft). It pursues a winding course in a northern direction, and after passing the manufacturing town of Hof, enters Thuringia. It flows amid well-wooded low mountains of the Thuringian Forest until it reaches the valley of Saalfeld. After leaving Saalfeld the Saale reaches Rudolstadt. Here it receives the waters of the Schwarza, in whose valley lies the ruined castle of Schwarzburg, the ancestral seat of the formerly ruling House of Schwarzburg.


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