List of all popular holidays in Germany
List of all holidays in Germany: national, folk, popular holidays by date of celebration.
Popular holidays in Germany in 2024
This page contains information about all popular holidays in Germany, both public nationwide and unofficial folk and religious holidays with the dates of their celebration for 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and brief information about the holiday itself.
List of holidays
| Date | Day | The name of the holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2024 | Mo | New Year's Day Neujahrstag |
| 6 January 2024 | Sa | Twelfth-day Heilige Drei Könige |
| 22 January 2024 | Mo | St. Vincent's Day Tag des heiligen Vinzenz |
| 25 January 2024 | Th | Birds Wedding Vogelhochzeit |
| 2 February 2024 | Fr | The Lord's Offering Darstellung des Herrn |
| 3 February 2024 | Sa | St. Blaise's Day Tag des heiligen Blasius |
| 8 February 2024 | Th | Fasnat Schmotziger Donnerstag |
| 12 February 2024 | Mo | Pink Monday Rosenmontag |
| 14 February 2024 | We | St. Valentine's Day Valentinstag |
| 14 February 2024 | We | Ash Wednesday Aschermittwoch |
| 8 March 2024 | Fr | International Women's Day Internationaler Frauentag |
| 24 March 2024 | Su | Holy Week Karwoche |
| 24 March 2024 | Su | Yew Sunday Palmsonntag |
| 25 March 2024 | Mo | Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Mariä Verkündigung |
| 28 March 2024 | Th | Holy Thursday Gründonnerstag |
| 29 March 2024 | Fr | Good Friday Karfreitag |
| 30 March 2024 | Sa | Holy Saturday Karsamstag |
| 31 March 2024 | Su | Easter Ostern |
| 1 April 2024 | Mo | Easter Monday Ostermontag |
| 1 April 2024 | Mo | Day of jokes and laughter 1. April, Narrentag |
| 7 April 2024 | Su | Dominica in albis Weißer Sonntag |
| 23 April 2024 | Tu | World Book and Copyright Day Welttag des Buches und des Urheberrechts |
| 23 April 2024 | Tu | Feast of Saint George Georgstag |
| 30 April 2024 | Tu | Walpurgis Night Walpurgisnacht |
| 1 May 2024 | We | Labor Day, May 1 1. Mai |
| 1 May 2024 | We | May Day Maifest |
| 9 May 2024 | Th | Ascension of Christ Christi Himmelfahrt |
| 9 May 2024 | Th | Father's Day Vatertag |
| 12 May 2024 | Su | Mother's Day Muttertag |
| 15 May 2024 | We | Cold Sophie Kalte Sophie |
| 19 May 2024 | Su | Pentecost Pfingstsonntag |
| 20 May 2024 | Mo | Pentecost, 2nd day Pfingstmontag |
| 30 May 2024 | Th | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam |
| 5 June 2024 | We | Saint Boniface's Feast Day Tag des heiligen Bonifatius |
| 7 June 2024 | Fr | Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Herz-Jesu-Fest |
| 24 June 2024 | Mo | St. John the Baptist’s Feast Day Johannistag |
| 29 June 2024 | Sa | SS. Peter and Paul Day Peter und Paul |
| 25 July 2024 | Th | St. James's Day Jakobstag |
| 8 August 2024 | Th | Augsburg Peace Festival Augsburger Friedensfest |
| 10 August 2024 | Sa | St. Lawrence's Day Laurentiustag |
| 15 August 2024 | Th | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mariä Himmelfahrt |
| 8 September 2024 | Su | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mariä Geburt |
| 20 September 2024 | Fr | Universal Children's Day Weltkindertag |
| 21 September 2024 | Sa | Oktoberfest, opening Oktoberfest, 1. Tag |
| 29 September 2024 | Su | Saint Michael the Archangel Feast Day Michaelistag |
| 3 October 2024 | Th | German Unity Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
| 6 October 2024 | Su | Harvest Feast Erntedankfest |
| 31 October 2024 | Th | Reformation Day Reformationstag |
| 31 October 2024 | Th | Hallowe'en Halloween |
| 1 November 2024 | Fr | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen |
| 2 November 2024 | Sa | Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Day Allerseelen |
| 11 November 2024 | Mo | Carnival Fasching |
| 11 November 2024 | Mo | St. Martin's Day Martinstag |
| 17 November 2024 | Su | People's Day of Mourning Volkstrauertag |
| 20 November 2024 | We | Day of Prayer and Repentance Buß- und Bettag |
| 24 November 2024 | Su | Remembrance Sunday Totensonntag |
| 29 November 2024 | Fr | Black Friday Black Friday |
| 1 December 2024 | Su | Advent 1. Advent |
| 4 December 2024 | We | St. Barbara's Day Tag der heiligen Barbara |
| 6 December 2024 | Fr | St. Nicolas Day Nikolaustag |
| 8 December 2024 | Su | The 2nd Advent 2. Advent |
| 13 December 2024 | Fr | Saint Lucy's Day Luciafest |
| 15 December 2024 | Su | The 3rd Advent 3. Advent |
| 18 December 2024 | We | International Migrants Day Internationaler Tag der Migranten |
| 22 December 2024 | Su | The 4th Advent 4. Advent |
| 24 December 2024 | Tu | Christmas Eve Heiligabend |
| 25 December 2024 | We | Christmas Weihnachten |
| 26 December 2024 | Th | The 2nd day of Christmas 2. Weihnachtstag |
| 26 December 2024 | Th | St. Stephen's Day Stephanitag |
| 31 December 2024 | Tu | Sylvester Silvester |
Explanation of the table:
- German public holiday, which is an additional day off.
- A public holiday, which is an additional day off in some German lands (see the table of German public holidays).
- Religious holidays that are not particularly popular in Germany are highlighted in gray.
Information about holidays in Germany
For many holidays, on the page, you can view a detailed description, including information about the origin, related customs, photos, greetings, etc. To view the German holiday calendar or schedule of vacations and public holidays for each land in Germany, as well as what holiday it is in Germany today, go to the relevant individual pages of our site.
Most holidays in Germany have rolling celebration dates, i.e. the date of the celebration changes every year, it may depend on the date of the celebrating the Easter, fall on a specific day of the week of any month, or depend on other factors. Therefore, see the dates of the holidays for each year individually.
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List of all holidays in Germany 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
