| 1/1/1956, Sun | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 1/6/1956, Fri | Epiphany / Three Holy Kings |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 2/11/1956, 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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| 2/12/1956, 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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| 2/14/1956, 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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| 3/30/1956, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/1/1956, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 4/2/1956, Mon | Easter Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/1/1956, Tue | May Day / Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/10/1956, Thu | Ascension |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/21/1956, Mon | Whit Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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| 5/31/1956, Thu | Whitsuntide |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 5/31/1956, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 8/8/1956, Wed | Augsburg Peace Festival (Friedensfest) |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 8/15/1956, Wed | Ascension of the Virgin Mary (Assumption) |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 10/3/1956, Wed | Day of German Unity |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 aka National Day
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| 11/1/1956, Thu | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/24/1956, Mon | Christmas Eve |
- Businesses Closed
- PM
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5 Half day holiday
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| 12/25/1956, Tue | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/26/1956, Wed | Boxing Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
|
| 12/31/1956, Mon | New Year's Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- LB5
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