(German). Municipalities on the Franconian Saale The Franconian Saale flow through or past the following municipalities: Aura an der Saale Bad Bocklet Bad Kissingen Bad Königshofen Bad Neustadt an der Saale Elfershausen Euerdorf Gräfendorf Gemünden am Main Großeibstadt Hammelburg Hollstadt Kleineibstadt Niederlauer Saal an der Saale Trimberg Wülfershausen an der Saale Castles in the Saale valley There are several picturesque castles in the Saale valley: The Salzburg near Bad Neustadt The ruins of Steineck Castle near Roth an der Saale AschachCastle in Aschach Ruins of Botenlauben Castle near Bad Kissingen Eiringsburg near Bad Kissingen The ruins of Aura Castle above Aura an der Saale The Trimburg above Trimberg The Red Castle in Hammelburg Saaleck Castle above Hammelburg ArnsteinCastle near Morlesau KiliansteinCastle auf dem Sodenberg Thüngensch Castle in Wolfsmünster The Scherenburg in Gemünden Bridges over the Saale Important crossings include: A 71 motorway bridge at km post 108.3 near Hollstadt B 279 road bridge at km post 108.0 near Hollstadt Schweinfurt – Schmalkalden main line railway bridge at km post 99.8 B 19 road bridge at km post 96.5 near Bad Neustadt Bad Kissingen road bridge at km post 60.4 Two road bridges at km post 51.5 near Euerdorf Road bridge at km post 48.0 in Aura linking Groß- and Klein-Aura Saale Valley Railway bridge at km post 44.2 near Trimberg Road bridge at km post 41.5 at the edge of Elfershausen A 7 Kassel-Würzburg motorway bridge at km post 41.0 B 287 road bridge at km post 32.8 in Hammelburg-Fuchsstadt Hammelburg ring road bridge at km post 29.8 Road bridge at km post 26.4 in Hammelburg Road bridge at km post 20.0 in Morlesau Roßmühle pontoon bridge at km post 17.1 near Weikersgrüben Road bridge at km post 15.0 in Michelau Road bridge at km post 9.8 near Schonderfeld Historic road bridge at km post 7.9 in Wolfsmünster Footbridge at km post 4.0 near Schönau Abbey Two road bridges at km post 0.6 in Gemünden Main-Spessart Railway (Würzburg-Frankfurt am Main) bridge at km post 0.1 in Gemünden Weirs There are numerous weirs on the Franconian Saale, originally built in order to drive water mills, but today some are used to generate electricity. All weirs are equipped with fish ladders: Weir at km post 58.5 near Bad Kissingen Weir at km post 50.5 Karwinkelsmühle Two weirs at km post 48.0 near Aura Weir at km post 43.8 near Trimberg Saalemühle mill