| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 4, 2021 School holidays : Www.schule.sachsen.de
calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
all study programs are aligned with the requirements of the Bologna Process
PISA ranking (average 493): 509, among the 15 best WW
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 752
Usually no school on Saturday
No uniform required
TU Dresden ranking: Times Higher Education #164/QS ranking #195/Shanghai #151-200
University of Leipzig ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #431-440/Shanghai #151-200
confirmed till July 2024
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| Event POSTPONED - Monday January 11, 2021 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (end) - Sunday January 31, 2021 School holidays : Date Covid modified
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday February 5, 2021 School holidays :
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| Carnival - Monday February 15, 2021 Culture : During one week (starting with the date indicated), there are carnivals in several towns and regions in Germany (Catholic regions). For business, avoid the Thursday (in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Bavaria and Baden-Württenberg). and the Monday (in Bonn, Cologne and Dusseldorf. The days of Carnival (the week, which ends with Ash Wednesday) are not offical holidays. Only Carnival Monday and Shrove Tuesday are de-facto -holidays in the "strongholds" of Carnival (Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mainz and Aachen - but also in several townships in the "western" states), because of the traditional Carnival-Processions.
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| Winter holiday (end) - Monday February 22, 2021 School holidays :
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Thursday April 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 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.
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| Easter - Sunday April 4, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 5, 2021 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.
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| Easter holiday (end) - Monday April 12, 2021 School holidays :
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| Leipzig Marathon - Sunday April 18, 2021 Sports events : Www.leipzigmarathon.de/ 2020 edition confirmed
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| Dresden Marathon - Sunday April 25, 2021 Sports events : Www.oberelbe-marathon.de/ 2020 edition confirmed
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