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Namenstag-Kalender: April
Name Day Calendar: April

Including April Holidays/Feiertage

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There is no one official calendar of name days. Such calendars vary not only from country to country, but also within countries, regions and and churches. Name calendars are influenced by language, culture, name popularity and many other factors, including the most obvious one: religion. The dates upon which even a particular name is celebrated are not always the same from calendar to calendar.

Our Namenstag-Kalender is drawn from a variety of sources. The first is a name calendar that was disributed by the Austrian postal service at the end of 2000. In addition, we have selected from among several online name calendars. (See the "Related Links" below for those and others.)

Also see our Vornamen-Lexikon for more about German first names.

Festtage/Namenstage
April
NOTE: Holidays/Feiertage (for 2001) are in italics, some of which are linked to our Feiertagkalender.
1. April
Irene
11. April
Reiner, Stanislaus
21. April
Konrad, Iphigenie
2. April
Franz von Paola
12. April
Gründonnerstag
Herta, Juliana
22. April
Wolfhelm
3. April
Richard, Irene
13. April
Karfreitag
Martin, Paul
23. April
Adalbert, Georg (Jörg)
4. April
Isidor von Sevilla
14. April
Karsamstag
Ernestine, Lazarus
24. April
Helmut, Wilfried
5. April
Vinzenz, Kreszentia
15. April
Ostersonntag
Nidgar, Huna
25. April
Erwin, Markus
6. April
Sixtus, Wilhelm
16. April
Ostermontag
Bernadette
26. April
Petrus (Peter), Trudpert
7. April
Johannes Baptista
(J. der Täufer)
17. April
Eberhard, Gerwin
27. April
Zita
8. April
Palmsonntag
Beate, Walter
18. April
Aja, Wiggo
28. April
Hugo, Pierre Chanel
9. April
Waltraud
19. April
Gerold, Holger, Leo
29. April
Dietrich, Katharina von Siena, Robert
10. April
Engelbert, Ezechiel, Hulda
20. April
Hildegund
30. April
Heimo, Hildegard
Namen im WWW:
Heilige & Co. - Der große Heiligenkalender. Eine Datenbank mit 1600 Kurzbiographien und komfortabler Suchabfrage.
Namenstage - Find Germanic and other name days by name or date. From Vornamen.com. - More name links below.

For more names and calendars, see Links for German Names and the related links below.

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