Painted signs and mosaics

A not-so-cheerful ghost sign spotted in a street of Bützow, a small town in northern Germany. I wonder whether this house survived the torn...

A couple of warehouses are still standing near Güstrow train station, between the aptly-named Speicherstraße (Warehouses Street) and the ra...

A very basic sign for a butcher's spotted in the town of Pirna, south east of Dresden. Fleischerei Location: Bahnhofstraße, ...

Before these premises were taken over by shoemaker Kun, there was a shop selling spirits and cigars (the name was painted above the windows...

Dominated by its castle, the little town of Hohnstein in Saxon Switzerland has a couple of ghost signs, including the one below for a former...

Compared to the ghost signs for Kutschke the master roofer and Ullrich the tailor also found in Bautzen, in eastern Saxony, the one for th...

While many ghost signs are found on not-so-well maintained or derelict buildings, it is not uncommon in Germany to find some on recently res...

In the absence of any document it is impossible to tell when this ghost sign for Hermann Belter's music shop was painted. Hermann Belt...

A day in Dresden that had begun with the colourful ghost sign for the garages of Hotel Burgberg ended with another one, this time on the fa...

I first noticed this ghost sign near Dresden's Blaues Wunder (the common name of the 1893 Loschwitz Bridge) while being driven to Bautze...

Until the 1990s, many ghost signs could be seen along the streets of the Äussere Neustadt neighbourhood of Dresden, usually by or above the ...

Even though this ghost sign is quite damaged, it is still possible to recognize that this building, one of several awaiting restoration in ...

Here is a ghost sign that may well disappear pretty soon. Indeed I doubt anybody would restore the house where Herr Ullrich once cut and sew...

Amazingly the façade with its ghost sign was left untouched when this house overlooking the railway tracks in the small industrial town of A...

Bautzen, in eastern Saxony, is well-known for its medieval and baroque architecture. If most buildings in the historic centre have been nice...