Spalt, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

🇩🇪 Spalt is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 19 km south-west of Schwabach. Spalt is famous for growing hops for brewing beer.

Spalt is situated between Nuremberg, Ansbach, and Treuchtlingen in the north of the Franconian lakelands. In the south-west of the city is the Great Brombachsee and its dam. The Fränkische Rezat flows through Georgensgmünd into the Rednitz.

Neighboring communities • Abenberg • Georgensgmünd • Röttenbach • Pleinfeld • Absberg • Haundorf • Mitteleschenbach • Windsbach.

Division of the town The following places belong to the community of Spalt: Egelmühle, Enderndorf, Engelhof, Fünfbronn, Großweingarten, Güsseldorf, Hagsbronn, Heiligenblut, Hohenrad, Höfstetten, Hügelmühle, Kaltenbrunn, Keilberg, Massendorf, Mosbach, Mühlreisig, Nagelhof, Ottmannsberg, Schnittling, Steinfurt, Stiegelmühle, Stockheim, Straßenhaus, Theilenberg, Trautenfurt, Untererlbach, Wasserzell, Wernfels.

Culture and sights • Spalt has two museums: the Hops and Beer Museum, and a fire station museum. • The end of August is celebrated by the annual Hopfenzupferfest, during which a girl is crowned the "Hops Queen". • Every two years, the Funsport Challenge Madmud (well known throughout Europe) is held here. • Planetenweg (Planet Path): In the Summer of 2000, a 1:1 billion scale model of the solar system was constructed between Spalt and the neighbouring town of Georgensgmünd. The model begins with a globe representing the sun behind Georgensgmünd's town hall. A 7 km bike path leads one through Rezat valley towards Spalt, where Pluto (now considered a dwarf planet) is represented at the train station of the town. Each planet model has a display board nearby with facts about the planet. • Spalt is well known nationally for its beer. Throughout the surrounding area, it is nearly impossible to find any brand of beer other than "Spalter". The town has a saying about its beer: "In Spalt, in Spalt, dou wern di Leit gor alt; sie kenna nix dafier, dös macht ös goute Bier" (In Spalt, people grow very old; they do not contribute to that, it's done by good beer.) • Spalt is the middle of one of Germany's hops cultivation zones, having grown hops since 1341, with the hops seal since 1538.