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» This article is about the larger "Saxon" or "Thuringian" Saale. For the Franconian Saale, see Fränkische Saale.
The
Saale, also known as the
Saxon Saale and
Thuringian Saale, is a
river in
Germany and a left-bank
tributary of the
Elbe. It isn't to be confused with the smaller
Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the
Main, or the
Saale (Leine), a tributary of the
Leine.
Course
The Saale originates on the Waldstein, 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 low mountains (The
Thüringer Wald) until it reaches the pleasant valley of
Saalfeld. After leaving Saalfeld the Saale reaches
Rudolstadt. 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.
From Saalfeld the Saale enters the limestone hill region north of the
Thuringian Forest, and sweeps beneath the barren, conical hills enclosing the
university town of
Jena. It enters
Saxony-Anhalt and passes the spa of
Bad Kösen, washes numerous vine-clad hills and, after receiving at
Naumburg the deep and navigable
Unstrut, flows past
Weißenfels,
Merseburg,
Halle,
Bernburg and
Calbe, and joins the Elbe just above
Barby, after traversing a distance of . (It has been shortened }} by a bypass from its natural length of .)
It is navigable from
Naumburg with the help of
sluices, and is connected with the
Weiße Elster near
Leipzig by a canal. The soil of the lower part of its valley is of exceptional fertility, and produces, amongst other crops, large supplies of
sugar beet. Among its tributaries are the
Weiße Elster,
Regnitz and
Orla on the right bank, and the
Ilm,
Unstrut,
Salza,
Wipper and
Bode on the left. Its upper course is rapid. Its valley, down to
Merseburg, contains many castles which crown the enclosing heights.
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