16 July, 2025
Fair Summer Brake Push in German states
Calls for the shake-up of Germany’s summer vacation timetable are growing loudly, because more states push For the end They see as an unfair advantage for Bavaria and Baden-Vurtemburg-two states that always start their school brakes.
While most of the state travels in Germany rotate their summer holiday slots every year to reduce chaos and spread to holiday housing, both southern states thank their late brakes for their traditional Catholic Pentecost Holidays.
The state education minister’s permanent conference says that special rules ensure adequate learning and exam time between Pentecost and Summer Holiday.
But Critics argue that in other states, family peak season prices and packs are stuck with roads, while parents in the south can avoid the crowd by taking advantage of the initial summer period.
“This rigid system is no longer fair.”
Rhinland-Paltonate Education Minister Swen Taber echoed his call, stating the German newspaper Picture: “Summer holidays are not a privilege for some states. We need creative solutions, including people who have shown a little flexibility so far.”
“The state rebellion against additional sausages for Bavaria,” online headline of the newspaper, using a German word for preference treatment.
Germany’s Holiday Calendar is based on the Hamburg Agreement of 1964, which fixes the total number of school holidays per year at 75 and determines a outline when the summer breaks starts – depending on the dates of Easter and Pentecost.
Marcus Soder, the head of Bavaria of Christian Social Union (CSU), rejected the call for change. “We have our holiday rhythm – Its A part of Bavaria’s DNA, “he said. Baden-Vurtembberg, so despite sometimes mumbling, chili, autumn in early September brings weather-like weather, sometimes despite mumbling, Baden-Vurtameberg, so it shows no signal.
