What does this mean in German?

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I have just been reading my Mietvertrag and it says :

Kündigung: Das Mietverhältnis wird auf unbestimmte Zeit abgeschlossen. Der Mieter kann das Mietverhältnis bis zum 3. Werktag eines Kalendermonats für den Ablauf des übernächsten Kalendermonats schriftlich kündigen.

Does this mean I don't have 3 months Kündigungzeit? It would be good for us if it means what I think it means but I always thought I had to give 3 months notice. This sounds as if it might be one or two only?

Doesn't it mean you can give 3 working days notice of moving out the next month - sorry not got dictionary to hand to check.

So would that be about 2 months infact?

If you hand in notice now you are meeting the deadline to cancel your contract by the 3rd working day in May. Since 1st of May (Friday?) is a public holiday, I presume you need to hand in your written notice by 6th May or something like that, don't have a calender handy.

Then you have to pay for May and June. Your day to move out/hand over would be the end of June.

Is that too garbled? I understand it but can't seem to express it well.

That's what I thought it was but I wasn't 100% sur ebecause I always thought it had to be 3 months in Germany. Sounds good, I will have to reword my Kündigung letter now.

ooh sorry now I am unsure because it says Über so it might mean you pay for May and the nächste Monat - June, and the übernächste - July.

Can you call them and ask?

I could phone them (I hate phoning over here but if I must!)

I could just write hiermit kündigen wir die Wohnung zur nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt could I?

know what you mean about phone calls. Yes, you could do that, they will write back anyway with the handover date etc

I agree with ZZZen's last post - I'm a legal translator from German into English (yes, it's as riveting as it sounds! )and that's how I read it... (so you'd end up paying for May, June, July)

Yes, that's it, I see it now so it is infact 3 months. Thanks everyone!