Are these two days official holidays in northern Germany (Hamburg and Berlin)? Are schools or businesses closed?
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Atlanta, Georgia
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I checked the official website for both Hamburg and Berlin holidays and school vacations in 2016. The last holiday before Christmas is October 3 (Tag der Deutschen Einheit - celebrating reunification.). Berlin kids get the 23rd December off, as well as the week after Christmas but Hamburgers don't. The 26th of December is an official holiday all over Germany.
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Allerheiligen is a "silent" public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland. In the other states, not. (Silent means: no dancing, rock concerts etc.) Halloween isn't a holiday in Germany.
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Frankfurt, Germany
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Good Friday, Fri. 25 March - all of Germany (Karfreitag)
Easter, Sun. 27 March - all of Germany (Ostern)
Easter Monday, Mon. 28 March - all of Germany (Oster Montag)
Labor Day, Sun. 1 May - all of Germany
Ascension Day, Thur. 5 May - all of Germany (Christi Himmelfahrt)
Whit Sunday (Pentacost) Sun. 15 May - all of Germany (Pfingsten)
Whit Monday, Mon. 16 May - all of Germany (Pfingst Montag)
Corpus Christi Day, Thur. 26 May - BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL
Assumption Day, Mon. 15 Aug. - BY, SL
Day of German Unity, Mon. 3 Oct. - all of Germany
Reformation Day, Mon. 31 Oct. - BB, MV, SN, ST, TH
All Saints' Day, Tues. 1 Nov. - BW, BY, NW, RP, SL
Penance Day, Wed. 16 Nov. - SN
BW = Baden Württemberg
BY = Bayern
BE = Berlin
BB = Brandenburg
HB = Bremen
HH = Hamburg
HE = Hessen
MV = Mecklenburg Vorpommern
NI = Nieder Sachsen
NW = Nordrhein Westfalen
RP = Rheinland Pfalz
SL = Saarland
SN = Sachsen
ST = Sachsen Anhalt
SH = Schleswig Holstein
TH = Thuringen