3 October, the day the two Germanies became one in 1990. It is the country's only nationwide public holiday fixed by federal law, and the celebration rotates between the state capitals.
3 October, the day the German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic in 1990.
The Phala almanac gives the exact day for your own city; the lunar and solar rules above are what it computes from.
The wall opened on 9 November 1989, which is the date people remember, but 9 November is also the date of the 1938 pogrom and of two failed revolutions, so it was judged impossible as a national day.
3 October was chosen instead: the legal date of unification, and the country's only public holiday fixed by federal rather than state law.
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