Karlsruhe / Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – The churches in the southwest are adapting their plans for Christmas services to the new Corona regulations. One thing is clear: the events should take place. Requirements such as distance and hygiene rules, singing bans and mandatory registration apply. Many offers on the Internet, radio and television should … Read more
Karlsruhe / Rottenburg (dpa / lsw) – The Corona crisis will change the celebrations for Christmas in a way never seen before. For church services, strict requirements apply to the number of participants, distance and hygiene. Singing is prohibited, but registration is mandatory. With a higher number of church services, the congregations want to enable … Read more
Home Culture Freiburg December 22, 2020, 1:22 p.m. Customs – Freiburg im Breisgau:Virtual choir wants to spread the Christmas spirit Open detailed view—The Freiburg mayor Martin Horn (non-party). Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth / dpa / archive (Photo: dpa) — Directly from the dpa news channel Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – Singing Christmas carols together will … Read more
Just in time for Christmas, the judiciary in most federal states is milder and releases hundreds of prisoners early from prison – in Bremen six prisoners have already been released this year. A spokesman for the justice department emphasized that this was not a kind of “religious remission”, but rather pragmatism. “Only prisoners who are … Read more
In Essen, the Christmas market should actually start on November 14, 2020. Photo: Roland Weihrauch / dpa (Roland Weihrauch / dpa) – The big Christmas market in Duisburg would have started this Thursday – two and a half weeks before the 1st Advent. That was already the case in 2019 and therefore earlier than ever, … Read more
Strolling between decorated huts, sipping thickly wrapped up mulled wine or admiring nativity scenes – for many, the hustle and bustle of Christmas markets is part of Advent. In some cases it has to be dispensed with this year. Because in many places the motto is: one-way streets instead of turmoil, food to go instead … Read more
Home Culture Germany trip Düsseldorf September 2, 2020, 7:33 p.m. Customs – Düsseldorf:Carnival start: With Hoppeditz, without alcohol and moving Directly from the dpa news channel Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – The Düsseldorf carnivalists want to start the carnival session with the Hoppeditz awakening in the Corona crisis – but alcohol-free and without moving on … Read more
Erfurt (dpa / th) – Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) wants to enable Christmas markets in Thuringia despite the further ban on major events. “We want to prepare them,” he said on Friday in a summer interview with MDR Thuringia in Erfurt. “What we don’t want is the ball man at the Christmas market.” The … Read more
Home Culture Ludwigshafen am Rhein February 23, 2020, 12:31 a.m. Customs – Ludwigshafen am Rhein:Carnival parade of the sister cities in the Rhineland Open detailed view—Spectators at the carnival parade of the Rhenish sister cities Mannheim and Ludwigshafen. Photo: Rene Priebe / dpa / archive image (Photo: dpa) — Directly from the dpa news channel … Read more