Halle
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Halle is a noun that means hall in the German language. It may also refer to:
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[edit] Geographical locations
[edit] In Germany
- Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, also called Halle (Saale) or Halle an der Saale
- Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, or Halle (Westfalen)
- Halle, Bentheim, in the district of Bentheim, Lower Saxony
- Halle, Holzminden, in the district of Holzminden, Lower Saxony
[edit] Other places
- Halle, Belgium, a city and municipality in Flemish-Brabant
- Halle, Netherlands, a village in the municipality of Bronckhorst in Gelderland, Netherlands
[edit] People
[edit] Halle as surname
- Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn (1754–1835), German Jewish scholar
- Adam de la Halle (1237?–1288), French-born trouvère, poet and musician
- Charles Hallé (1819–1895), German pianist and conductor
- Gunnar Halle (born 1965), Norwegian footballer
- Morris Halle (born 1923), Latvian-American linguist
- Per Halle (born 1949), Norwegian long distance runner
[edit] Halle as given name
- Halle Berry (born 1966), American actress
[edit] Others
- Halle Brothers Co., a defunct department store chain
- Halle concentration camp, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp
- Heinrich Beck Halle, an arena in Leutershausen, Germany
- The Hallé, a symphony orchestra based in Manchester, England
- University of Halle, now part of University of Halle-Wittenberg