Holidays and Observances in Germany in 2026
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Thursday | New Year's Day | National Holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Tuesday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | NDS*, SN, TH |
| Jan 6 | Tuesday | Epiphany | Common Local Holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Thursday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Tuesday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Saturday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 16 | Monday | Hizir Fast | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Feb 17 | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday | Observance | |
| Feb 18 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day | Observance | All except B, MVP |
| Mar 8 | Sunday | International Women's Day | Common Local Holiday | Berlin, MVP |
| Mar 17 | Tuesday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 18 | Wednesday | Anniversary of the March Revolution | Observance | Berlin |
| Mar 20 | Friday | Eid ul Fitr | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Mar 20 | Friday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 21 | Saturday | Alevitic New Year | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Mar 29 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 29 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | All except BY |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | Bavaria |
| Apr 2 | Thursday | First Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Good Friday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 3 | Friday | Second Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 4 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NDS, RLP, SL |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Apr 5 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Brandenburg |
| Apr 6 | Monday | Easter Monday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 7 | Tuesday | Sixth Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 8 | Wednesday | Seventh Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Thursday | Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Thursday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Friday | May Day | National Holiday | |
| May 5 | Tuesday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Observance | |
| May 8 | Friday | Anniversary of the End of World War II | Observance | B, BB, HB, MVP, TH |
| May 9 | Saturday | Europe Day (European Union) | Observance | |
| May 10 | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| May 14 | Thursday | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| May 14 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| May 22 | Friday | First Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| May 23 | Saturday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| May 23 | Saturday | Second Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| May 24 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Brandenburg |
| May 24 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| May 25 | Monday | Whit Monday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| May 27 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Jun 1 | Monday | International Children's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 3 | Wednesday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 4 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common Local Holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL, SN*, TH* |
| Jun 15 | Monday | Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Jun 17 | Wednesday | Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Observance | Berlin, Thuringia |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Sunday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Wednesday | St. John’s Day | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Jun 26 | Friday | Ashura (Tentative Date) | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Jun 27 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Jun 29 | Monday | Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Aug 15 | Saturday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Bavaria*, Saarland |
| Sep 1 | Tuesday | Anti War Day | Observance | |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 12 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| Sep 13 | Sunday | Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 19 | Saturday | First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Observance | Bavaria |
| Sep 20 | Sunday | German World Children's Day | Common Local Holiday | Thuringia |
| Sep 20 | Sunday | German World Children's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 21 | Monday | Yom Kippur | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 23 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 26 | Saturday | First day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Sep 27 | Sunday | Second Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 1 | Thursday | Sixth Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 2 | Friday | Seventh Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 3 | Saturday | Shemini Atzeret | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen, Saarland |
| Oct 3 | Saturday | Day of German Unity | National Holiday | |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Observance | Bavaria |
| Oct 4 | Sunday | Simchat Torah | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen |
| Oct 11 | Sunday | Grandparents' Day | Observance | Bavaria |
| Oct 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 30 | Friday | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Reformation Day | Common Local Holiday | BB, HB, HH, MVP, NDS, SH, SN, ST, TH |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Reformation Day | Observance, Christian | Bremen, BW |
| Oct 31 | Saturday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | HB, NDS*, SN, TH |
| Nov 1 | Sunday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 2 | Monday | All Souls' Day | Silent Day | Lower Saxony* |
| Nov 9 | Monday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Monday | 9th of November | Observance | Berlin |
| Nov 9 | Monday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Wednesday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 15 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 18 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Silent Day | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Nov 18 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Saxony |
| Nov 18 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Observance, Christian | BW, HE, NDS, RLP, TH |
| Nov 22 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Nov 29 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Sunday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Tuesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Dec 13 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Saturday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| Dec 20 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 21 | Monday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Thursday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Friday | Christmas Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Saturday | Boxing Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Thursday | New Year's Eve | Bank holiday | |
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* Observed only in some communities of this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. |
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