Holidays in Germany
January
Jan 6 | Sunday | Common Local holidays | Epiphany |
February
Feb 12 | Tuesday | Observance | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday |
Feb 13 | Wednesday | Silent Day | Carnival/Ash Wednesday |
Feb 14 | Thursday | Observance | Valentine's Day |
March
Mar 20 | Wednesday | Season | March equinox |
Mar 24 | Sunday | Observance | Palm Sunday |
Mar 28 | Thursday | Silent Day | Maundy Thursday |
Mar 29 | Friday | Silent Day | Good Friday |
Mar 31 | Sunday | Silent Day | Easter Day |
Mar 31 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | Daylight Saving Time starts |
April
Apr 1 | Monday | National holiday | Easter Monday |
May
May 1 | Wednesday | National holiday | May Day |
May 9 | Thursday | National holiday | Ascension Day |
May 12 | Sunday | Observance | Mother's Day |
May 19 | Sunday | Silent Day | Whit Sunday |
May 20 | Monday | National holiday | Whit Monday |
May 30 | Thursday | Common Local holidays | Corpus Christi |
June
Jun 21 | Friday | Season | June Solstice |
August
Aug 8 | Thursday | Local holiday | Peace Festival |
Aug 15 | Thursday | Common Local holidays | Assumption of Mary |
September
Sep 22 | Sunday | Season | September equinox |
October
Oct 3 | Thursday | National holiday | Day of German Unity |
Oct 27 | Sunday | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | Daylight Saving Time ends |
Oct 31 | Thursday | Observance | Halloween |
Oct 31 | Thursday | Common Local holidays | Reformation Day |
November
Nov 1 | Friday | Silent Day | All Saints' Day |
Nov 11 | Monday | Observance | St. Martin's Day |
Nov 17 | Sunday | Silent Day | National Day of Mourning |
Nov 20 | Wednesday | Common Local holidays | Repentance Day |
Nov 24 | Sunday | Silent Day | Sunday of the Dead |
December
Dec 1 | Sunday | Observance | First Sunday Advent |
Dec 6 | Friday | Observance | Saint Nicholas Day |
Dec 21 | Saturday | Season | December Solstice |
Dec 24 | Tuesday | Silent Day | Christmas Eve |
Dec 25 | Wednesday | National holiday | Christmas Day |
Dec 26 | Thursday | National holiday | Boxing Day |
Dec 31 | Tuesday | Observance | New Year's Eve |