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Germany Holidays 2025

Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2025.

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January

Wed 1

New Year's Day

Public holiday

Mon 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

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

February

Fri 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

March

Mon 3

Shrove Monday

Observance

Tue 4

Carnival Tuesday

Observance

Wed 5

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Observance

Sat 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 30

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

April

Sun 13

Palm Sunday

Observance

Thu 17

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Observance

Fri 18

Good Friday

Public holiday

Sat 19

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 20

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 21

Easter Monday

Public holiday

May

Thu 1

May Day

Public holiday

Thu 8

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

Observance

Sun 11

Mothers' Day

Observance

Thu 29

Fathers' Day

Observance

Thu 29

Ascension Day

Public holiday

June

Sun 8

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 9

Whit Monday

Public holiday

Thu 19

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

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

August

Fri 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

September

Sat 20

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Public holiday in Thuringia

October

Fri 3

Day of German Unity

Public holiday

Sun 26

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

Fri 31

Halloween

Observance

Fri 31

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

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

November

Sat 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

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

Tue 11

St. Martin's Day

Observance

Sun 16

National Day of Mourning

Observance

Wed 19

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Public holiday in Saxony

Sun 23

Sunday of the Dead

Observance

Sun 30

First Advent Sunday

Observance

December

Sat 6

Saint Nicholas Day

Observance

Sun 7

Second Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 14

Third Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 21

Fourth Advent Sunday

Observance

Wed 24

Christmas Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.

Thu 25

Christmas Day

Public holiday

Fri 26

Boxing Day

Public holiday

Wed 31

New Year's Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.