text: The Saale , also known as the Saxon Saale and Thuringian Saale , is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe .
simplified: Saale is the name of two rivers in Germany : Saale in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt ( German : SÃ chsische Saale ) and the Saale in Northern Bavaria ( German : FrÃ nkische Saale ) .