Rudolstadt Festival attracts the Sunday open for sales - strike now!

Rudolstadt Festival attracts the Sunday open for sales - strike now!

In Rudolstadt it says today: buy and celebrate! On the occasion of the festive Rudolstadt Festivals can open the shops up to four times a year on Sunday. The city, as a historical residence city and known as Schillerstadt, is known for its lively culture and history - here Friedrich Schiller met Goethe for the first time. The Beulwitzsche Haus , which was once a meeting place for the two poets, attracts visitors today as a museum.

The weather also plays along today: at temperatures up to 23 ° C and dry, heavily cloudy sky, the shopping enthusiasts can storm the shops right after the brunch. Incidentally, it is not uncommon in Thuringia that in certain municipalities, even during the advent, the shops have opened for purchasing, such as on 2. Advent , the coming 07.12.2025.

regulations and backgrounds

The legal framework for Sundays in Thuringia stipulates that a maximum of four such events can take place per year. The historical development is interesting: Business was open seven days a week by the end of the 19th century, but Sunday was set as a day off in 1919. All the more important are the exceptions in the closing law that enable countries to issue their own regulations, rudolstadt and many other municipalities in Thuringia are not excluded.

Not only in Germany, there are also various approaches to opening hours on Sundays and public holidays in Europe. In Poland, the shops remain closed on public holidays, while in Spain the consumer market invites every month on the first Sunday and in summer on the last Sunday. In Greece, on the other hand, shops remain largely closed, apart from tourist locations and larger cities.

opinion and criticism

In the discussion about the Sunday opening times, Bernadette Branzk, a member of the KAB Federal Board and the Thuringian Sunday alliance, is critical of the current regulations: "The judgment questioned whether the reasons for the shop openings actually represent independent events." According to the Higher Administrative Court (OVG), no valid reason for a Sunday opening can often be found. It was critically noted that the sales opening itself is increasingly regarded as the event that should justify the opening.

The discussion about Sunday opening times remains exciting, and the shops in Rudolstadt will certainly take the chance today to do good business. It remains to be seen whether the upcoming events will also arouse such interest. One thing is certain: Rudolstadt has a lot to offer with its history, culture and the festive occasions!