Ein deutscher Kalender von AboutGerman.net

Download our free 2012 German quotations calendar with holidays and important dates for the German-speaking countries and North America.

Quotations Calendar - Zitatenkalender
Each month features a German quotation by a notable person – with an English translation, of course.

The week starts on Monday
As with most things related to daily culture, there is more than one way to format a calendar. A European or German calendar does not look like an American calendar. The main reason for this is that a week in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy or Spain begins on Monday, and their calendars reflect that. The advantage of starting on Monday, rather than Sunday, is that it puts the two weekend days together. Saturday and Sunday are not split up, as on a US calendar, but remain paired at the end of the week – better reflecting how we actually think of a weekend.

German and US Holidays
Our special 2012 calendar indicates a blend of significant dates for the US and Canada, as well as official and unofficial holidays in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. We have also included observances that may be widely celebrated but are not legal holidays (Halloween, Internationaler Frauentag, Silvester, etc.).

A good resource for learning more about all the holidays in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is this German Way page: German Celebrations and Holidays. Also see our many German-English glossaries for specific holidays.

THANKS - MERCI: My thanks to Laura K. Lawless, my colleague at About.com, for the idea for this calendar. Vielen Dank! You can visit her site here: French at About.com (and download her French quotations calendar).

DEUTSCHER KALENDER 2012

You can download our AboutGerman.net calendar (in PDF format) and print it out in color or black-and-white. You have the option of downloading the entire 12-month calendar or single months.

INSTRUCTIONS: Some browsers download a PDF file within the browser (like a normal web page), while others download a PDF file to your "Downloads" folder. If the file downloads as a normal page, simply use your browser's “Save as” option to save the PDF. If your browser shows a download window, you can just click on the downloaded PDF file to open it and then save it. (You need Adobe or other PDF software on your computer.)

DOWNLOAD OPTION 1
Full 2012 Calendar (PDF) (all 12 months + About, 197 KB)

DOWNLOAD OPTION 2 (single PDF pages for each month)
Januar 2012
Februar 2012
März 2012
April 2012
Mai 2012
Juni 2012
Juli 2012
August 2012
September 2012
Oktober 2012
November 2012
Dezember 2012

DOWNLOAD OPTION 3
About the Calendar (PDF) (2 pages)
With translations of the customs and holidays on the calendar, biographical information about the authors of the quotations, and other information. These two pages are included in the full download (Option 1) above.

DAILY DEUTSCH
• German Word of the Day for Beginners
• Wort des Tages - Advanced word of the day

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