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Germany Holidays 2024

Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2024.

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January

Mon 1

New Year's Day

Public holiday

Sat 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

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

February

Mon 12

Shrove Monday

Observance

Tue 13

Carnival Tuesday

Observance

Wed 14

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Observance

Wed 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

March

Fri 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 24

Palm Sunday

Observance

Thu 28

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Observance

Fri 29

Good Friday

Public holiday

Sat 30

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 31

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

Sun 31

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

April

Mon 1

Easter Monday

Public holiday

May

Wed 1

May Day

Public holiday

Wed 8

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

Observance

Thu 9

Ascension Day

Public holiday

Thu 9

Fathers' Day

Observance

Sun 12

Mothers' Day

Observance

Sun 19

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 20

Whit Monday

Public holiday

Thu 30

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

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

August

Thu 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

September

Fri 20

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Public holiday in Thuringia

October

Thu 3

Day of German Unity

Public holiday

Sun 27

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

Thu 31

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

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

Thu 31

Halloween

Observance

November

Fri 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

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

Mon 11

St. Martin's Day

Observance

Sun 17

National Day of Mourning

Observance

Wed 20

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Public holiday in Saxony

Sun 24

Sunday of the Dead

Observance

December

Sun 1

First Advent Sunday

Observance

Fri 6

Saint Nicholas Day

Observance

Sun 8

Second Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 15

Third Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 22

Fourth Advent Sunday

Observance

Tue 24

Christmas Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.

Wed 25

Christmas Day

Public holiday

Thu 26

Boxing Day

Public holiday

Tue 31

New Year's Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.