Key legal question
Whether a timely performed duty to announce closing time ('Feierabend-bieten') can be revoked by a later statement to the guests.
Extracted holding
A timely closing announcement under § 117 Abs. 1 WG is irrevocable; Frau B.'s later statement was not a punishable revocation.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that 'Feierabend-bieten' means to inform the guests of closing time. § 117 Abs. 1 punishes only the omission of timely notice, while § 117 Abs. 2 concerns serving guests after closing. Since Frau B. had already announced closing time on time and did not serve guests thereafter, her later explanation about the half-hour grace period could at most be a non-punishable interpretation of § 116 Abs. 2 WG, not a violation of § 117 WG.