The business world's No-Go Days!
Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
European Truck Ban: 00:00 to 22:00 on Sundays, public holidays & vacations departures/returns; 07:00 to 20:00 in August
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday March 27, 2023 | General strike | Secular holiday |  |
| Friday March 31, 2023 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Friday April 7, 2023 | Good Friday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Sunday April 9, 2023 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday April 10, 2023 | Easter Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday April 17, 2023 | Easter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday April 23, 2023 | Düsseldorf Marathon | Sports events | |
| Sunday April 23, 2023 | Bonn Marathon | Sports events | |
| Monday May 1, 2023 | Labor Day/May Day | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday May 4, 2023 | Interpack | Tradeshows | |
| Wednesday May 17, 2023 | Ascension holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Thursday May 18, 2023 | Ascension | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday May 22, 2023 | Ascension holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday May 26, 2023 | Pentecost (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday May 29, 2023 | Whit Monday | Catholic or protestant | |
| Wednesday May 31, 2023 | Pentecost (end) | School holidays | |
| Thursday June 8, 2023 | Corpus Christi | Catholic | |
| Sunday June 11, 2023 | Duisburg Marathon | Sports events | |
| Sunday June 11, 2023 | Essen Ruhr Marathon | Sports events | |
| Sunday June 18, 2023 | Spoga Cologne | Tradeshows | |
| Wednesday June 21, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday August 7, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday September 3, 2023 | Münster Marathon | Sports events | |
| Sunday September 10, 2023 | P-Weg-Marathon | Sports events | |
| Friday September 29, 2023 | Fall holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
General strike
-Monday March 27, 2023
Secular holiday : May be cancelled
Easter holiday (beginning)
-Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Good Friday
-Friday April 7, 2023
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Easter
-Sunday April 9, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Easter Monday
-Monday April 10, 2023
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Easter holiday (end)
-Monday April 17, 2023
School holidays :
Düsseldorf Marathon
-Sunday April 23, 2023
Sports events : Https://www.metro-marathon.de/ 2023 edition confirmed
Bonn Marathon
-Sunday April 23, 2023
Sports events : Www.deutschepost-marathonbonn.de/ 2023 edition confirmed
Labor Day/May Day
-Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Interpack
-Thursday May 4, 2023
Tradeshows : Http://www.interpack.com/ lasts 1 week -- in Dûsseldorf 2023 edition confirmed
Ascension holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday May 17, 2023
School holidays :
Ascension
-Thursday May 18, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
-Monday May 22, 2023
School holidays :
Pentecost (beginning)
-Friday May 26, 2023
School holidays :
Whit Monday
-Monday May 29, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost (end)
-Wednesday May 31, 2023
School holidays :
Corpus Christi
-Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic : For six hundred years that feast was observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, but in 1970 the new Roman Missal, while retaining that day for some countries, provided that in others the feast be observed on the Sunday after Trinity.
Commemorates the Last supper. Pope Urban IV ordered the observance of such a feast in 1264, and in the following century it became universal in the Western Church.
Duisburg Marathon
-Sunday June 11, 2023
Sports events : Www.rhein-ruhr-marathon.de/ 2023 edition confirmed
Essen Ruhr Marathon
-Sunday June 11, 2023
Sports events : Https://www.rhein-ruhr-marathon.de/ 2023 edition confirmed
Spoga Cologne
-Sunday June 18, 2023
Tradeshows : Lasts 3 days
www.spoga-cologne.com/ 2023 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Wednesday June 21, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
-Monday August 7, 2023
School holidays :
Münster Marathon
-Sunday September 3, 2023
Sports events : Www.volksbank-muenster-marathon.de 2023 edition confirmed
P-Weg-Marathon
-Sunday September 10, 2023
Sports events : Www.p-weg.de/ 2023 edition confirmed
Fall holiday (beginning)
-Friday September 29, 2023
School holidays :
