Original: 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).