"Hopfen und Malz - Gott erhalt`s!" is an old German saying: "May God bless hop and malt" , the main ingredients for beer. This form of roof around the little town of Spalt is typical for former store-houses for hop.

Rund um Spalt findet man noch die typische Dachform alter Hopfenspeicher.

Love the last two, beautiful! dontblink · 2009-10-12: 15:01

Beautiful sky in #3!! ????? · 2009-10-12: 16:27

I love the house lights on the last!! wonderful!! onlyricky · 2009-10-12: 17:23

I love beer :D no.4 is soooo nice :) opary · 2009-10-12: 21:20

I'm with Brian...I love #4. ????? · 2009-10-12: 22:34

I love the last photo, looks like a painting! hannamagnusson · 2009-10-13: 01:29

Lovely! davidcardona · 2009-10-13: 04:40

My fav is last one! pandka · 2009-10-13: 07:03

That's interesting TFS. ????? · 2009-10-13: 11:45

Super set! yellodog · 2009-10-13: 14:23

last one is fabulous! ciripbogar · 2009-10-14: 11:49

# 4 ????? · 2009-10-14: 14:43

I knew that the Germans love beer, but this saying is really a strong expression of that. ????? · 2009-10-15: 07:53