Germany Holidays 2021
Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2021.
January
New Year's Day
Public holiday
Epiphany (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt
February
Valentine's Day
Observance
Shrove Monday
Observance
Carnival Tuesday
Observance
Carnival / Ash Wednesday
Observance
March
International Women's Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Daylight Saving Time starts
Observance
Palm Sunday
Observance
April
Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)
Observance
Good Friday
Public holiday
Holy Saturday (regional holiday)
Observance
Easter Sunday (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Easter Monday
Public holiday
May
May Day
Public holiday
Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)
Observance
Mothers' Day
Observance
Fathers' Day
Observance
Ascension Day
Public holiday
Whit Sunday (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
Whit Monday
Public holiday
June
Corpus Christi (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia
August
Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia
September
German World Children's Day (Thuringia)
Public holiday in Thuringia
October
Day of German Unity
Public holiday
Reformation Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen
Halloween
Observance
Daylight Saving Time ends
Observance
November
All Saints' Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
St. Martin's Day
Observance
National Day of Mourning
Observance
Repentance Day (Saxony)
Public holiday in Saxony
Sunday of the Dead
Observance
First Advent Sunday
Observance
December
Second Advent Sunday
Observance
Saint Nicholas Day
Observance
Third Advent Sunday
Observance
Fourth Advent Sunday
Observance
Christmas Eve (half-day)
Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.
Christmas Day
Public holiday
Boxing Day
Public holiday
New Year's Eve (half-day)
Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.