| 1/1/1953, Thu | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 1/6/1953, Tue | Epiphany / Three Holy Kings |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 2/14/1953, Sat | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 2/15/1953, Sun | Last weekend of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Period of gaiety•the last weekend festive and active in Frankfurt. Low key in Berlin & Hamburg.
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| 2/17/1953, Tue | Shrove Tuesday-end of Carnival |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Only some banks closed; Period of gaiety•changes in each city.
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| 4/3/1953, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/5/1953, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/6/1953, Mon | Easter Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/1/1953, Fri | May Day / Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/14/1953, Thu | Ascension |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/25/1953, Mon | Whit Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 6/4/1953, Thu | Whitsuntide |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 6/4/1953, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 8/8/1953, Sat | Augsburg Peace Festival (Friedensfest) |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 8/15/1953, Sat | Ascension of the Virgin Mary (Assumption) |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 10/3/1953, Sat | Day of German Unity |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 aka National Day
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| 11/1/1953, Sun | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/24/1953, Thu | Christmas Eve |
- Businesses Closed
- PM
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 Half day holiday
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| 12/25/1953, Fri | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 12/26/1953, Sat | Boxing Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 12/31/1953, Thu | New Year's Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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