Halle, hal'le, a city of Prussian Saxony. It is situated on the Saale, twenty miles northwest of Leipsic. It is an old Hanse town. It possesses a university of great repute, founded in 1694. The University of Wittenberg was united with it in 1817. Many Americans have studied here. The old marketplace is the center of interest. A clock tower, a picturesque medieval city hall, a bronze statue of Handel, the musician, who was born here, a Gothic fountain, and the market people themselves are objects of interest. Halle is noted for the production of salt. Eleven thousand tons are made annually. The industry is in the hands of workmen known as Halloren. They are probably a remnant of the Wends who once inhabited this district. All funerals are conducted by this people. There are large starch, chemical, and beet sugar factories. At the beginning of the second decade of the present century the population was 170,000. See FRANCKE.