What is Saale?
[[File:Merseburg Saale Dom.jpg|thumb|Saale in Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]] '''Saale''' is the name of two rivers in [[Germany]]: Saale in [[Thuringia]] and [[Saxony-Anhalt]] (German: ''Sächsische Saale'') and the Saale in Northern [[Bavaria]] (German: ''Fränkische Saale''). The larger, and better known Sächsische Saale springs out of the [[Fichtelgebirge]] at 728 m and joins the [[Elbe]] in Saxony-Anhalt. It is 413 km long. {{Commonscat}} [[Category:Rivers of Bavaria]] [[Category:Rivers of Saxony-Anhalt]] [[Category:Rivers of Thuringia]]