Villages affiliated to the administration (Ortsteil) of Saal are The first settlements in Regensburg date back to the ages of the Hallstatt culture.

Apparently Saal was at that time owned by Henry II, then Duke of Bavaria, and given to the Niedermünster Abbey in Regensburg.

The German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stopped during his journey to Italy on September 5, 1786, at 15h in Saal for swapping horses at the post-house.

[3] During World War II, a subcamp of the Nazi concentration camp Flossenbürg, named Ringberg Me, was installed nearby the street connecting Saal and the neighboring village Teugn.

The goal was to construct an underground arms industry plant for Messerschmitt, a German aircraft manufacturer.