Sunday in Bad Hersfeld: Start the new year fit!

Sunday in Bad Hersfeld: Start the new year fit!

On December 29, 2024, a Sunday open in Bad Hersfeld will find a Sunday that is open for sales under the motto "Fit and active into the new year!" instead of. This offers the citizens and visitors of the city the opportunity to visit the shops and get in the mood for the upcoming holidays.

There are currently no further Sunday openings in Bad Hersfeld. In Hesse, the sale is prohibited on certain holidays such as Easter, Pentecost, the Memorial Day and Corpus Christi. Usually up to four Sundays a year are allowed for shop openings, with exceptions to touristous places.

weather forecast and history of the Sunday openings

The weather forecast for December 29, 2024 is mostly clear and sunny with maximum temperatures of around 2 ° C. In Bad Hersfeld, which is located on the Fulda and is known for the Bad Hersfeld Festival, there is a long history of Sunday openings. This can be traced back to 1891 when shops were only allowed to open five hours on Sundays. In 1919 the general Sunday rest was introduced in shops, whereby there were special regulations for train stations, airports and shops in North and Baltic Sea resorts.

A total of four shopping Sundays are possible every year, on which the shops are allowed to open a maximum of six hours, but outside of the main services. There are different regulations in a European comparison: in Eastern Europe, especially in countries such as the Czech Republic and Hungary, there are hardly any restrictions, while in Poland the shops are open on Sundays, unless it is a holiday. In Spain, shops are allowed to open on the first Sunday of the month and on all December Sundays, which offers local business more flexibility.

For more information on Sundays in Bad Hersfeld, interested readers can read here