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Time Change 1946 in Germany

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Country: Germany
Long Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Abbreviations: DE, DEU
Capital: Berlin
Time Zones: 1
Dial Code: +49

Apr 14

Forward 1 hour

Apr 14, 1946 - Daylight Saving Time Started

When local standard time was about to reach
Sunday, April 14, 1946, 2:00:00 am clocks were turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, April 14, 1946, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour later on Apr 14, 1946 than the day before. There was more light in the evening and less light in the morning.

Also called Spring Forward, Summer Time, and Daylight Savings Time.

Oct 7

Back 1 hour

Oct 7, 1946 - Daylight Saving Time Ended

When local daylight time was about to reach
Monday, October 7, 1946, 3:00:00 am clocks were turned backward 1 hour to
Monday, October 7, 1946, 2:00:00 am local standard time instead.

Sunrise and sunset were about 1 hour earlier on Oct 7, 1946 than the day before. There was more light in the morning and less light in the evening.

Also called Fall Back and Winter Time.

Other years: 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 2024

When Does DST Start and End in Germany?

All of Germany uses Daylight Saving Time (DST) during part of the year. The DST period starts on the last Sunday of March and ends on the last Sunday of October, together with most other European countries.

Central European Time (CET) is used as standard time, while Central European Summer Time (CEST) is observed when DST is in force.

Which States use Daylight Saving Time in 1946

Areas in Germany using DST in 1946
Areas in Germany on standard time all of 1946

Daylight Saving Time Info

DST in Locations in Germany in 1946 (576 Locations)

AachenApr 14 – Oct 7GörlitzApr 14 – Oct 7NurembergApr 14 – Oct 7
AalenApr 14 – Oct 7GoslarApr 14 – Oct 7NürtingenApr 14 – Oct 7
AchernApr 14 – Oct 7GothaApr 14 – Oct 7OberhausenApr 14 – Oct 7
AchimApr 14 – Oct 7GöttingenApr 14 – Oct 7Oberursel (Taunus)Apr 14 – Oct 7
AhausApr 14 – Oct 7GräfelfingApr 14 – Oct 7OberweselApr 14 – Oct 7
AhlenApr 14 – Oct 7GreifswaldApr 14 – Oct 7OeldeApr 14 – Oct 7
AhrensburgApr 14 – Oct 7GrevenApr 14 – Oct 7Oer-ErkenschwickApr 14 – Oct 7
AlbstadtApr 14 – Oct 7GrevenbroichApr 14 – Oct 7OffenbachApr 14 – Oct 7
Alfeld (Leine)Apr 14 – Oct 7GrimmelfingenApr 14 – Oct 7OffenburgApr 14 – Oct 7
AllensbachApr 14 – Oct 7Gronau (Westfalen)Apr 14 – Oct 7ÖhringenApr 14 – Oct 7
AlsdorfApr 14 – Oct 7Gross-GerauApr 14 – Oct 7OldenburgApr 14 – Oct 7
AlsfeldApr 14 – Oct 7GummersbachApr 14 – Oct 7OlpeApr 14 – Oct 7
AltenburgApr 14 – Oct 7GüstrowApr 14 – Oct 7OranienburgApr 14 – Oct 7
AltöttingApr 14 – Oct 7GüterslohApr 14 – Oct 7OsnabrückApr 14 – Oct 7
AmbergApr 14 – Oct 7HaanApr 14 – Oct 7Osterholz-ScharmbeckApr 14 – Oct 7
AmrumApr 14 – Oct 7HagenApr 14 – Oct 7Osterode am HarzApr 14 – Oct 7
AndernachApr 14 – Oct 7HalberstadtApr 14 – Oct 7OstfildernApr 14 – Oct 7
Annaberg-BuchholzApr 14 – Oct 7HalleApr 14 – Oct 7PaderbornApr 14 – Oct 7
AnsbachApr 14 – Oct 7Haltern am SeeApr 14 – Oct 7PapenburgApr 14 – Oct 7
ApoldaApr 14 – Oct 7HamburgApr 14 – Oct 7PassauApr 14 – Oct 7
ArnsbergApr 14 – Oct 7HamelnApr 14 – Oct 7PeineApr 14 – Oct 7
ArnstadtApr 14 – Oct 7HammApr 14 – Oct 7PellwormApr 14 – Oct 7
AschaffenburgApr 14 – Oct 7HanauApr 14 – Oct 7Pfaffenhofen an der IlmApr 14 – Oct 7
AscherslebenApr 14 – Oct 7HannoverApr 14 – Oct 7PforzheimApr 14 – Oct 7
AugsburgApr 14 – Oct 7HattingenApr 14 – Oct 7PinnebergApr 14 – Oct 7
AurichApr 14 – Oct 7HeideApr 14 – Oct 7PirmasensApr 14 – Oct 7
BacknangApr 14 – Oct 7HeidelbergApr 14 – Oct 7PirnaApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad EmsApr 14 – Oct 7Heidenheim an der BrenzApr 14 – Oct 7PlauenApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad HersfeldApr 14 – Oct 7HeilbronnApr 14 – Oct 7PlettenbergApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad HomburgApr 14 – Oct 7HeinsbergApr 14 – Oct 7Porta WestfalicaApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad HonnefApr 14 – Oct 7HeligolandApr 14 – Oct 7PotsdamApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad HönningenApr 14 – Oct 7HelmstedtApr 14 – Oct 7PremnitzApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad KissingenApr 14 – Oct 7HemerApr 14 – Oct 7PrenzlauApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad KreuznachApr 14 – Oct 7Hennef (Sieg)Apr 14 – Oct 7Prien am ChiemseeApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad MergentheimApr 14 – Oct 7HerfordApr 14 – Oct 7PulheimApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad NauheimApr 14 – Oct 7HeringsdorfApr 14 – Oct 7RadebeulApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad Neuenahr-AhrweilerApr 14 – Oct 7HerneApr 14 – Oct 7Radolfzell am BodenseeApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad OeynhausenApr 14 – Oct 7HerrenbergApr 14 – Oct 7RastattApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad OldesloeApr 14 – Oct 7Herrsching am AmmerseeApr 14 – Oct 7RathenowApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad SalzuflenApr 14 – Oct 7HertenApr 14 – Oct 7RatingenApr 14 – Oct 7
Bad VilbelApr 14 – Oct 7HerzogenrathApr 14 – Oct 7RavensburgApr 14 – Oct 7
Baden-BadenApr 14 – Oct 7HildenApr 14 – Oct 7RecklinghausenApr 14 – Oct 7
BalingenApr 14 – Oct 7HildesheimApr 14 – Oct 7RegensburgApr 14 – Oct 7
BambergApr 14 – Oct 7HockenheimApr 14 – Oct 7RemscheidApr 14 – Oct 7
BarsinghausenApr 14 – Oct 7Hof (Saale)Apr 14 – Oct 7RendsburgApr 14 – Oct 7
BautzenApr 14 – Oct 7Hofheim am TaunusApr 14 – Oct 7ReutlingenApr 14 – Oct 7
BayreuthApr 14 – Oct 7Homberg (Efze)Apr 14 – Oct 7Rheda-WiedenbrückApr 14 – Oct 7
BayrischzellApr 14 – Oct 7Homburg (Saar)Apr 14 – Oct 7RheinbergApr 14 – Oct 7
BeckumApr 14 – Oct 7Horb am NeckarApr 14 – Oct 7RheineApr 14 – Oct 7
BensheimApr 14 – Oct 7HöxterApr 14 – Oct 7Rheinfelden (Baden)Apr 14 – Oct 7
BerchtesgadenApr 14 – Oct 7HoyerswerdaApr 14 – Oct 7RiesaApr 14 – Oct 7
BergheimApr 14 – Oct 7HückelhovenApr 14 – Oct 7RietbergApr 14 – Oct 7
Bergisch GladbachApr 14 – Oct 7HürthApr 14 – Oct 7RodgauApr 14 – Oct 7
BergkamenApr 14 – Oct 7HusumApr 14 – Oct 7RosenheimApr 14 – Oct 7
BerlinApr 14 – Oct 7IbbenbürenApr 14 – Oct 7RostockApr 14 – Oct 7
Bernau bei BerlinApr 14 – Oct 7Idar-ObersteinApr 14 – Oct 7Rotenburg (Wümme)Apr 14 – Oct 7
Bernburg (Saale)Apr 14 – Oct 7IllesheimApr 14 – Oct 7Rotenburg an der FuldaApr 14 – Oct 7
Bernkastel-KuesApr 14 – Oct 7IlmenauApr 14 – Oct 7Rothenburg ob der TauberApr 14 – Oct 7
Biberach an der RissApr 14 – Oct 7Ingelheim am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7Rottenburg am NeckarApr 14 – Oct 7
BielefeldApr 14 – Oct 7IngolstadtApr 14 – Oct 7RottweilApr 14 – Oct 7
Bietigheim-BissingenApr 14 – Oct 7IserlohnApr 14 – Oct 7RüsselsheimApr 14 – Oct 7
Bingen am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7IsmaningApr 14 – Oct 7Saalfeld/SaaleApr 14 – Oct 7
BitburgApr 14 – Oct 7ItzehoeApr 14 – Oct 7SaarbrückenApr 14 – Oct 7
Bitterfeld-WolfenApr 14 – Oct 7JenaApr 14 – Oct 7SaarlouisApr 14 – Oct 7
BöblingenApr 14 – Oct 7JülichApr 14 – Oct 7SalzgitterApr 14 – Oct 7
BocholtApr 14 – Oct 7KaarstApr 14 – Oct 7SalzwedelApr 14 – Oct 7
BochumApr 14 – Oct 7KaiserslauternApr 14 – Oct 7SangerhausenApr 14 – Oct 7
BonnApr 14 – Oct 7KamenApr 14 – Oct 7Sankt AugustinApr 14 – Oct 7
BorkenApr 14 – Oct 7Kamp-LintfortApr 14 – Oct 7Sankt IngbertApr 14 – Oct 7
Bornheim (Rheinland)Apr 14 – Oct 7KarlsruheApr 14 – Oct 7SchleswigApr 14 – Oct 7
BottropApr 14 – Oct 7KasselApr 14 – Oct 7Schloss Holte-StukenbrockApr 14 – Oct 7
BramscheApr 14 – Oct 7KaufbeurenApr 14 – Oct 7SchmallenbergApr 14 – Oct 7
Brandenburg an der HavelApr 14 – Oct 7KehlApr 14 – Oct 7Schönau am KönigsseeApr 14 – Oct 7
BraunschweigApr 14 – Oct 7KempenApr 14 – Oct 7SchönebeckApr 14 – Oct 7
BremenApr 14 – Oct 7KemptenApr 14 – Oct 7SchorndorfApr 14 – Oct 7
BremerhavenApr 14 – Oct 7KerpenApr 14 – Oct 7SchwabachApr 14 – Oct 7
BrettenApr 14 – Oct 7KielApr 14 – Oct 7Schwäbisch GmündApr 14 – Oct 7
BrilonApr 14 – Oct 7Kirchheim unter TeckApr 14 – Oct 7Schwäbisch HallApr 14 – Oct 7
BruchsalApr 14 – Oct 7KleveApr 14 – Oct 7Schwedt/OderApr 14 – Oct 7
Brühl (Rhineland)Apr 14 – Oct 7KoblenzApr 14 – Oct 7SchweinfurtApr 14 – Oct 7
Buchholz in der NordheideApr 14 – Oct 7Königs WusterhausenApr 14 – Oct 7SchwerinApr 14 – Oct 7
BuchloeApr 14 – Oct 7KönigswinterApr 14 – Oct 7SchwerteApr 14 – Oct 7
BüdingenApr 14 – Oct 7KonstanzApr 14 – Oct 7SeelzeApr 14 – Oct 7
BühlApr 14 – Oct 7KorbachApr 14 – Oct 7SeevetalApr 14 – Oct 7
BündeApr 14 – Oct 7KornwestheimApr 14 – Oct 7SenftenbergApr 14 – Oct 7
BurgApr 14 – Oct 7KorschenbroichApr 14 – Oct 7SiegburgApr 14 – Oct 7
BurgdorfApr 14 – Oct 7KrefeldApr 14 – Oct 7SiegenApr 14 – Oct 7
BurghausenApr 14 – Oct 7KreuztalApr 14 – Oct 7SindelfingenApr 14 – Oct 7
Büsingen am HochrheinNo DSTKulmbachApr 14 – Oct 7Singen (Hohentwiel)Apr 14 – Oct 7
BuxtehudeApr 14 – Oct 7LaatzenApr 14 – Oct 7SinsheimApr 14 – Oct 7
CalwApr 14 – Oct 7LageApr 14 – Oct 7SoestApr 14 – Oct 7
Castrop-RauxelApr 14 – Oct 7LahrApr 14 – Oct 7SolingenApr 14 – Oct 7
CelleApr 14 – Oct 7LampertheimApr 14 – Oct 7SoltauApr 14 – Oct 7
ChemnitzApr 14 – Oct 7Landau in der PfalzApr 14 – Oct 7SondershausenApr 14 – Oct 7
CloppenburgApr 14 – Oct 7Landsberg am LechApr 14 – Oct 7SonnebergApr 14 – Oct 7
CoburgApr 14 – Oct 7LandshutApr 14 – Oct 7SonthofenApr 14 – Oct 7
CoesfeldApr 14 – Oct 7LandstuhlApr 14 – Oct 7SpeyerApr 14 – Oct 7
CologneApr 14 – Oct 7LangenApr 14 – Oct 7SpringeApr 14 – Oct 7
CottbusApr 14 – Oct 7Langenfeld (Rheinland)Apr 14 – Oct 7St. WendelApr 14 – Oct 7
CrailsheimApr 14 – Oct 7LangenhagenApr 14 – Oct 7StadeApr 14 – Oct 7
CreußenApr 14 – Oct 7LangfurthApr 14 – Oct 7StarnbergApr 14 – Oct 7
CuxhavenApr 14 – Oct 7LeerApr 14 – Oct 7StassfurtApr 14 – Oct 7
DachauApr 14 – Oct 7LehrteApr 14 – Oct 7SteinfurtApr 14 – Oct 7
DannenbergApr 14 – Oct 7LeimenApr 14 – Oct 7StendalApr 14 – Oct 7
DarmstadtApr 14 – Oct 7Leinfelden-EchterdingenApr 14 – Oct 7Stolberg (Rheinland)Apr 14 – Oct 7
DattelnApr 14 – Oct 7LeipzigApr 14 – Oct 7Stollberg/ErzgebirgeApr 14 – Oct 7
DeggendorfApr 14 – Oct 7LemgoApr 14 – Oct 7StralsundApr 14 – Oct 7
DelbrückApr 14 – Oct 7LennestadtApr 14 – Oct 7StraubingApr 14 – Oct 7
DelmenhorstApr 14 – Oct 7LeonbergApr 14 – Oct 7StrausbergApr 14 – Oct 7
DemminApr 14 – Oct 7Leutkirch im AllgäuApr 14 – Oct 7StuhrApr 14 – Oct 7
Dessau-RosslauApr 14 – Oct 7LeverkusenApr 14 – Oct 7StuttgartApr 14 – Oct 7
DetmoldApr 14 – Oct 7Limburg an der LahnApr 14 – Oct 7SuhlApr 14 – Oct 7
DietzenbachApr 14 – Oct 7Lindau (Bodensee)Apr 14 – Oct 7Sundern (Sauerland)Apr 14 – Oct 7
DillenburgApr 14 – Oct 7LindlarApr 14 – Oct 7TaunussteinApr 14 – Oct 7
DingolfingApr 14 – Oct 7Lingen (Ems)Apr 14 – Oct 7TegernseeApr 14 – Oct 7
DinslakenApr 14 – Oct 7Linz am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7Titisee-NeustadtApr 14 – Oct 7
DormagenApr 14 – Oct 7LippstadtApr 14 – Oct 7TönisvorstApr 14 – Oct 7
DorstenApr 14 – Oct 7LöbauApr 14 – Oct 7TrierApr 14 – Oct 7
DortmundApr 14 – Oct 7LohmarApr 14 – Oct 7TroisdorfApr 14 – Oct 7
DreieichApr 14 – Oct 7LöhneApr 14 – Oct 7TübingenApr 14 – Oct 7
DresdenApr 14 – Oct 7Lohne (Oldenburg)Apr 14 – Oct 7TuttlingenApr 14 – Oct 7
DuisburgApr 14 – Oct 7LörrachApr 14 – Oct 7UelzenApr 14 – Oct 7
DülmenApr 14 – Oct 7LübbeckeApr 14 – Oct 7UlmApr 14 – Oct 7
DürenApr 14 – Oct 7LübeckApr 14 – Oct 7UnnaApr 14 – Oct 7
DüsseldorfApr 14 – Oct 7LuckenwaldeApr 14 – Oct 7Vaihingen an der EnzApr 14 – Oct 7
EbersbergApr 14 – Oct 7LüdenscheidApr 14 – Oct 7VarelApr 14 – Oct 7
EberswaldeApr 14 – Oct 7LudwigsburgApr 14 – Oct 7VechtaApr 14 – Oct 7
EckernfördeApr 14 – Oct 7LudwigsfeldeApr 14 – Oct 7VelbertApr 14 – Oct 7
Ehingen (Donau)Apr 14 – Oct 7LudwigshafenApr 14 – Oct 7Verden (Aller)Apr 14 – Oct 7
EinbeckApr 14 – Oct 7LüneburgApr 14 – Oct 7ViernheimApr 14 – Oct 7
EisenachApr 14 – Oct 7LünenApr 14 – Oct 7ViersenApr 14 – Oct 7
EisenhüttenstadtApr 14 – Oct 7Lutherstadt EislebenApr 14 – Oct 7Villingen-SchwenningenApr 14 – Oct 7
Ellwangen (Jagst)Apr 14 – Oct 7MagdeburgApr 14 – Oct 7Voerde (Niederrhein)Apr 14 – Oct 7
ElmshornApr 14 – Oct 7MainburgApr 14 – Oct 7VölklingenApr 14 – Oct 7
EmdenApr 14 – Oct 7MaintalApr 14 – Oct 7VredenApr 14 – Oct 7
EmmendingenApr 14 – Oct 7MainzApr 14 – Oct 7WaiblingenApr 14 – Oct 7
Emmerich am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7MannheimApr 14 – Oct 7WaldkraiburgApr 14 – Oct 7
EmsdettenApr 14 – Oct 7MarburgApr 14 – Oct 7Waldshut-TiengenApr 14 – Oct 7
EnnepetalApr 14 – Oct 7MarlApr 14 – Oct 7WalsrodeApr 14 – Oct 7
ErdingApr 14 – Oct 7MayenApr 14 – Oct 7WaltropApr 14 – Oct 7
ErftstadtApr 14 – Oct 7MechernichApr 14 – Oct 7WarburgApr 14 – Oct 7
ErfurtApr 14 – Oct 7MeerbuschApr 14 – Oct 7Waren (Müritz)Apr 14 – Oct 7
ErkelenzApr 14 – Oct 7MeiningenApr 14 – Oct 7WarendorfApr 14 – Oct 7
ErkrathApr 14 – Oct 7MeissenApr 14 – Oct 7WarsteinApr 14 – Oct 7
ErlangenApr 14 – Oct 7MelleApr 14 – Oct 7WedelApr 14 – Oct 7
EschweilerApr 14 – Oct 7MelsungenApr 14 – Oct 7WegbergApr 14 – Oct 7
EssenApr 14 – Oct 7MemmingenApr 14 – Oct 7Weiden in der OberpfalzApr 14 – Oct 7
EsslingenApr 14 – Oct 7Menden (Sauerland)Apr 14 – Oct 7Weil am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7
EttlingenApr 14 – Oct 7MeppenApr 14 – Oct 7Weil der StadtApr 14 – Oct 7
EuskirchenApr 14 – Oct 7MerseburgApr 14 – Oct 7Weilheim in OberbayernApr 14 – Oct 7
FalkenseeApr 14 – Oct 7MerzigApr 14 – Oct 7WeimarApr 14 – Oct 7
Fehmarn (Puttgarden)Apr 14 – Oct 7MeschedeApr 14 – Oct 7WeinheimApr 14 – Oct 7
FellbachApr 14 – Oct 7MettlachApr 14 – Oct 7WeißenfelsApr 14 – Oct 7
FilderstadtApr 14 – Oct 7MettmannApr 14 – Oct 7WerlApr 14 – Oct 7
FlensburgApr 14 – Oct 7MindenApr 14 – Oct 7WermelskirchenApr 14 – Oct 7
ForchheimApr 14 – Oct 7MoersApr 14 – Oct 7WerneApr 14 – Oct 7
Frankenthal (Pfalz)Apr 14 – Oct 7MönchengladbachApr 14 – Oct 7WernigerodeApr 14 – Oct 7
FrankfurtApr 14 – Oct 7Monheim am RheinApr 14 – Oct 7WertheimApr 14 – Oct 7
Frankfurt an der OderApr 14 – Oct 7Mörfelden-WalldorfApr 14 – Oct 7WeselApr 14 – Oct 7
FrechenApr 14 – Oct 7MosbachApr 14 – Oct 7WesselingApr 14 – Oct 7
FreibergApr 14 – Oct 7MühlackerApr 14 – Oct 7WesterlandApr 14 – Oct 7
FreiburgApr 14 – Oct 7Mühlhausen/ThüringenApr 14 – Oct 7WesterstedeApr 14 – Oct 7
FreisingApr 14 – Oct 7MülheimApr 14 – Oct 7Wetter (Ruhr)Apr 14 – Oct 7
FreitalApr 14 – Oct 7Mülheim / RuhrApr 14 – Oct 7WetzlarApr 14 – Oct 7
FreudenstadtApr 14 – Oct 7MunichApr 14 – Oct 7WeyheApr 14 – Oct 7
FriedrichshafenApr 14 – Oct 7MünsterApr 14 – Oct 7WiehlApr 14 – Oct 7
FriesoytheApr 14 – Oct 7NagoldApr 14 – Oct 7WiesbadenApr 14 – Oct 7
FuldaApr 14 – Oct 7Naumburg (Saale)Apr 14 – Oct 7WieslochApr 14 – Oct 7
FürstenfeldbruckApr 14 – Oct 7NettetalApr 14 – Oct 7WilhelmshavenApr 14 – Oct 7
Fürstenwalde/SpreeApr 14 – Oct 7Neu-IsenburgApr 14 – Oct 7WillichApr 14 – Oct 7
FürthApr 14 – Oct 7Neu-UlmApr 14 – Oct 7Winsen (Luhe)Apr 14 – Oct 7
GaggenauApr 14 – Oct 7NeubrandenburgApr 14 – Oct 7WipperfürthApr 14 – Oct 7
GanderkeseeApr 14 – Oct 7Neuburg an der DonauApr 14 – Oct 7WismarApr 14 – Oct 7
GarbsenApr 14 – Oct 7Neumarkt in der OberpfalzApr 14 – Oct 7WittenApr 14 – Oct 7
GardelegenApr 14 – Oct 7NeumünsterApr 14 – Oct 7WittenbergApr 14 – Oct 7
Garmisch-PartenkirchenApr 14 – Oct 7Neunkirchen (Saar)Apr 14 – Oct 7WittenbergeApr 14 – Oct 7
GeesthachtApr 14 – Oct 7NeuruppinApr 14 – Oct 7WittlichApr 14 – Oct 7
Geislingen an der SteigeApr 14 – Oct 7NeussApr 14 – Oct 7WittmundApr 14 – Oct 7
GeldernApr 14 – Oct 7Neustadt am RübenbergeApr 14 – Oct 7WitzenhausenApr 14 – Oct 7
GelsenkirchenApr 14 – Oct 7Neustadt an der WeinstraßeApr 14 – Oct 7WolfenbüttelApr 14 – Oct 7
GeorgsmarienhütteApr 14 – Oct 7NeustrelitzApr 14 – Oct 7WolfsburgApr 14 – Oct 7
GeraApr 14 – Oct 7NeuwiedApr 14 – Oct 7WormsApr 14 – Oct 7
GeretsriedApr 14 – Oct 7NiederkasselApr 14 – Oct 7WunstorfApr 14 – Oct 7
GermeringApr 14 – Oct 7Nienburg (Weser)Apr 14 – Oct 7WuppertalApr 14 – Oct 7
GerolsteinApr 14 – Oct 7NordenApr 14 – Oct 7WürselenApr 14 – Oct 7
GevelsbergApr 14 – Oct 7NorderneyApr 14 – Oct 7WürzburgApr 14 – Oct 7
GiessenApr 14 – Oct 7NorderstedtApr 14 – Oct 7Wyk auf FöhrApr 14 – Oct 7
GifhornApr 14 – Oct 7NordhausenApr 14 – Oct 7ZeitzApr 14 – Oct 7
GladbeckApr 14 – Oct 7NordhornApr 14 – Oct 7Zerbst/AnhaltApr 14 – Oct 7
GochApr 14 – Oct 7NordkirchenApr 14 – Oct 7ZittauApr 14 – Oct 7
GöppingenApr 14 – Oct 7NortheimApr 14 – Oct 7ZweibrückenApr 14 – Oct 7
GorlebenApr 14 – Oct 7NürburgApr 14 – Oct 7ZwickauApr 14 – Oct 7

Daylight Saving Time History in Germany

  • Germany first observed Daylight Saving Time in 1916.
  • Germany has observed DST for 58 years between 1916 and 2024 (DST in at least one location).
  • Previous time with no Daylight Saving Time was 1979.
  • See Worldwide DST Statistics

First Country to Use DST

Although a small town in Canada had experimented with seasonal clock changes as early as 1908, Germany was the first country to use nationwide DST. On April 30, 1916, at the height of World War I, the German Empire turned its clocks forward for the 1st time. Many European countries followed suit just weeks later.

The measure was abolished after the war, only to be re-introduced during World War II. From 1940 to 1942, Germany observed year-round DST.

After World War II, parts of Germany controlled by the Soviet Union followed doppelte Sommerzeit, double DST, advancing their clocks by 2 hours instead of 1. The rationale was to synchronize German clocks with the local time in Moscow.

DST was discontinued in 1950. In 1980, following an initiative by East Germany, the country re-introduced the measure. Though controversial, DST has been used in Germany ever since.

Since Switzerland did not introduce DST until 1981, the German exclave of Büsingen, which is situated within Swiss territory, did not observe DST together with the rest of Germany in 1980.

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