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Holiday
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The general Public Holidays (“Gesetzliche Feiertage”) in the Region Karlsruhe are those of the “Land” of Baden-Württemberg.
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Explanation
In contrast to most holidays in English-speaking countries, “Gesetzliche Feiertage” in Germany are established by law with consequences for shop opening hours, traffic rules, transport schedules, working hours, pay, and more. In most contexts, they are treated like Sundays, and the often-seen phrase “Sonn- und Feiertage” (Sundays and [official] holidays) reflects this.
School holidays
Schools observe all Public Holidays, have their own holiday periods (German: Ferien), which are listed below, and will in addition take some additional free days, but there is no uniform regulation for the latter.
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External links
- The English Wikipedia about “School holiday”
