German Holidays
- Stores, businesses and courthouses will be closed on German Holidays
Neu Jahrs Tag – New Years Day | 1st of January
Holiday in all German States |
Heilige drei Koenige – Three wise men day | 6th January
Holiday only in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
Ostern – Easter Weekend | Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday. Friday before Easter Sunday and Monday after Easter Sunday
Holiday in all German States |
Tag der Arbeit – Labor Day
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1st of May
Holiday in all German States |
Christie Himmelfahrt – Assumption of Christ
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40 Days after Easter Sunday
Holiday in all German States Also the day Germany celebrates Vater’s Day |
Pfingst Wochenende – Pentecost Weekend
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Pentecost Sunday & Monday.
50 days after Easter Sunday Holiday in all German States |
Frohnleichnam – Corpus Christi (feast)
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60 days after Easter Sunday
Holiday in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate und Saarland |
Maria Himmelfahrt – Assumption of virgin Mary
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15th of August
Holiday in Saarland |
Tag der deutschen Einheit – German reunification day
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3rd of October
Holiday in all German States |
Reformationstag – Reformation Day | 31st of October
Holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Saarland, Saxony and Thuringia |
Allerheiligen – All Hallows
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1st of November
Holiday in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Northrhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate und Saarland |
Buss- und Bettag – Day of Prayer and Repentance | Wednesday before the 23rd of November
Holiday in Saxony |
Weihnachtsfeiertage – Christmas Holidays
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25th & 26th of December
Holiday in all German States |