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Germany Holidays 2026

Complete list of holidays and observances in Germany for the year 2026.

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January

Thu 1

New Year's Day

Public holiday

Tue 6

Epiphany (regional holiday)

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

February

Sat 14

Valentine's Day

Observance

Mon 16

Shrove Monday

Observance

Tue 17

Carnival Tuesday

Observance

Wed 18

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Observance

March

Sun 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 29

Daylight Saving Time starts

Observance

Sun 29

Palm Sunday

Observance

April

Thu 2

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Observance

Fri 3

Good Friday

Public holiday

Sat 4

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Observance

Sun 5

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 6

Easter Monday

Public holiday

May

Fri 1

May Day

Public holiday

Fri 8

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

Observance

Sun 10

Mothers' Day

Observance

Thu 14

Ascension Day

Public holiday

Thu 14

Fathers' Day

Observance

Sun 24

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 25

Whit Monday

Public holiday

June

Thu 4

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

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

August

Sat 15

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

September

Sun 20

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Public holiday in Thuringia

October

Sat 3

Day of German Unity

Public holiday

Sun 25

Daylight Saving Time ends

Observance

Sat 31

Halloween

Observance

Sat 31

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

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

November

Sun 1

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

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

Wed 11

St. Martin's Day

Observance

Sun 15

National Day of Mourning

Observance

Wed 18

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Public holiday in Saxony

Sun 22

Sunday of the Dead

Observance

Sun 29

First Advent Sunday

Observance

December

Sun 6

Saint Nicholas Day

Observance

Sun 6

Second Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 13

Third Advent Sunday

Observance

Sun 20

Fourth Advent Sunday

Observance

Thu 24

Christmas Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.

Fri 25

Christmas Day

Public holiday

Sat 26

Boxing Day

Public holiday

Thu 31

New Year's Eve (half-day)

Public holiday This is a half-day holiday.