Grüß Gott

The common greeting heard here is "Grüß Gott!" - greet God (literally), but really means God bless you. We often greet people with "hallo" and sometimes with "Guten Tag," but most reply with the common Grüß Gott (pronounced groos gott). The greeting was first promoted by the Catholic priests and is common mainly to southern Germany (especially this area) and Switzerland.

I found it interesting that one train station we passed on our way to the Munich conference had it prominently displayed on the wall. This is the town of Bad Schussenried. (The train was moving so it is a little blurry).