Official name: Halle an der Saale a city in E central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, on the River Saale: early saltworks; a Hanseatic city in the late Middle Ages; university (1694). Pop: 240 119 (2003 est)
Sir Charles, original name Karl Hallé. 1819--95, German conductor and pianist, in Britain from 1848. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester