The Salza is a river of

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state, in

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. It is a left tributary of the

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 is not to be confused with the smaller Fränkische Saale, Franconian Saale, a right-bank tributary of the M ...

in Salzmünde. The upper section of the Salza carries the name Querne. Its source is near the village , a district of the town

Querfurt Querfurt () is a town in the Saalekreis district, or ''Kreis'', in southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in a fertile area on the Querne, west from Merseburg. In 2020, the town had a population of 10,454. The town Querfurt consists of Q ...

. It flows through Querfurt to Obhausen, where it receives its right tributary ''Weidenbach''. Downstream from this confluence, the river carries the name Weida. It continues through Schraplau and Röblingen am See and near Langenbogen it receives water that is pumped out of the lake (fed by the river Böse Sieben). From this point it carries the name Salza. The Salza proper is long; including Querne and Weida, it is long.

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