Germany 2017 BW Reformation Public Holiday Update

Sources: Stuttgarter Zeitung (Stuttgart) and Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). A spokesperson for the SPD party of Germany's southern state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg has confirmed that a law would be passed declaring October 31, 2017, as a one-off public holiday (gesetzlichen Feiertag) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther posting his ninety-five theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenberg. [full story]