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Germany Holidays 2023

Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2023.

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January

Sun 1

New Year's Day

Public holiday

Fri 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

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

February

Tue 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

Mon 20

Shrove Monday

Observance

Tue 21

Carnival Tuesday

Observance

Wed 22

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Observance

March

Wed 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 26

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

April

Sun 2

Palm Sunday

Observance

Thu 6

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Observance

Fri 7

Good Friday

Public holiday

Sat 8

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 9

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 10

Easter Monday

Public holiday

May

Mon 1

May Day

Public holiday

Mon 8

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

Observance

Sun 14

Mothers' Day

Observance

Thu 18

Fathers' Day

Observance

Thu 18

Ascension Day

Public holiday

Sun 28

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 29

Whit Monday

Public holiday

June

Thu 8

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

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

August

Tue 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

September

Wed 20

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Public holiday in Thuringia

October

Tue 3

Day of German Unity

Public holiday

Sun 29

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

Tue 31

Halloween

Observance

Tue 31

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

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

November

Wed 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

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

Sat 11

St. Martin's Day

Observance

Sun 19

National Day of Mourning

Observance

Wed 22

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Public holiday in Saxony

Sun 26

Sunday of the Dead

Observance

December

Sun 3

First Advent Sunday

Observance

Wed 6

Saint Nicholas Day

Observance

Sun 10

Second Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 17

Third Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 24

Fourth Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 24

Christmas Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.

Mon 25

Christmas Day

Public holiday

Tue 26

Boxing Day

Public holiday

Sun 31

New Year's Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.