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Germany Holidays 2022

Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2022.

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January

Sat 1

New Year's Day

Public holiday

Thu 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt

February

Mon 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

Mon 28

Shrove Monday

Observance

March

Tue 1

Carnival Tuesday

Observance

Wed 2

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Observance

Tue 8

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

Sun 27

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

April

Sun 10

Palm Sunday

Observance

Thu 14

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Observance

Fri 15

Good Friday

Public holiday

Sat 16

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 17

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

Mon 18

Easter Monday

Public holiday

May

Sun 1

May Day

Public holiday

Sun 8

Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 8

Mothers' Day

Observance

Thu 26

Fathers' Day

Observance

Thu 26

Ascension Day

Public holiday

June

Sun 5

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

Mon 6

Whit Monday

Public holiday

Thu 16

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

August

Mon 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

September

Tue 20

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Public holiday in Thuringia

October

Mon 3

Day of German Unity

Public holiday

Sun 30

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

Mon 31

Halloween

Observance

Mon 31

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen

November

Tue 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland

Fri 11

St. Martin's Day

Observance

Sun 13

National Day of Mourning

Observance

Wed 16

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Public holiday in Saxony

Sun 20

Sunday of the Dead

Observance

Sun 27

First Advent Sunday

Observance

December

Sun 4

Second Advent Sunday

Observance

Tue 6

Saint Nicholas Day

Observance

Sun 11

Third Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 18

Fourth Advent Sunday

Observance

Sat 24

Christmas Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.

Sun 25

Christmas Day

Public holiday

Mon 26

Boxing Day

Public holiday

Sat 31

New Year's Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.