
Sources:
Westdeutsche Zeitung (Düsseldorf) and
Germany bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Premier (
Ministerpräsident) of Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hannelore Kraft, has announced in Parliament that she was in favor of Germany's state of Nordrhein-Westfalen
also 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. [
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