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 2025
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 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and brief information about the holiday itself.
List of holidays
| Date | Day | The name of the holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2025 | We | New Year's Day Neujahrstag |
| 6 January 2025 | Mo | Twelfth-day Heilige Drei Könige |
| 22 January 2025 | We | St. Vincent's Day Tag des heiligen Vinzenz |
| 25 January 2025 | Sa | Birds Wedding Vogelhochzeit |
| 2 February 2025 | Su | The Lord's Offering Darstellung des Herrn |
| 3 February 2025 | Mo | St. Blaise's Day Tag des heiligen Blasius |
| 14 February 2025 | Fr | St. Valentine's Day Valentinstag |
| 27 February 2025 | Th | Fasnat Schmotziger Donnerstag |
| 3 March 2025 | Mo | Pink Monday Rosenmontag |
| 5 March 2025 | We | Ash Wednesday Aschermittwoch |
| 8 March 2025 | Sa | International Women's Day Internationaler Frauentag |
| 25 March 2025 | Tu | Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Mariä Verkündigung |
| 1 April 2025 | Tu | Day of jokes and laughter 1. April, Narrentag |
| 13 April 2025 | Su | Holy Week Karwoche |
| 13 April 2025 | Su | Yew Sunday Palmsonntag |
| 17 April 2025 | Th | Holy Thursday Gründonnerstag |
| 18 April 2025 | Fr | Good Friday Karfreitag |
| 19 April 2025 | Sa | Holy Saturday Karsamstag |
| 20 April 2025 | Su | Easter Ostern |
| 21 April 2025 | Mo | Easter Monday Ostermontag |
| 23 April 2025 | We | World Book and Copyright Day Welttag des Buches und des Urheberrechts |
| 23 April 2025 | We | Feast of Saint George Georgstag |
| 27 April 2025 | Su | Dominica in albis Weißer Sonntag |
| 30 April 2025 | We | Walpurgis Night Walpurgisnacht |
| 1 May 2025 | Th | Labor Day, May 1 1. Mai |
| 1 May 2025 | Th | May Day Maifest |
| 11 May 2025 | Su | Mother's Day Muttertag |
| 15 May 2025 | Th | Cold Sophie Kalte Sophie |
| 29 May 2025 | Th | Ascension of Christ Christi Himmelfahrt |
| 29 May 2025 | Th | Father's Day Vatertag |
| 5 June 2025 | Th | Saint Boniface's Feast Day Tag des heiligen Bonifatius |
| 8 June 2025 | Su | Pentecost Pfingstsonntag |
| 9 June 2025 | Mo | Pentecost, 2nd day Pfingstmontag |
| 19 June 2025 | Th | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam |
| 24 June 2025 | Tu | St. John the Baptist’s Feast Day Johannistag |
| 27 June 2025 | Fr | Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Herz-Jesu-Fest |
| 29 June 2025 | Su | SS. Peter and Paul Day Peter und Paul |
| 25 July 2025 | Fr | St. James's Day Jakobstag |
| 8 August 2025 | Fr | Augsburg Peace Festival Augsburger Friedensfest |
| 10 August 2025 | Su | St. Lawrence's Day Laurentiustag |
| 15 August 2025 | Fr | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mariä Himmelfahrt |
| 8 September 2025 | Mo | Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mariä Geburt |
| 20 September 2025 | Sa | Universal Children's Day Weltkindertag |
| 20 September 2025 | Sa | Oktoberfest, opening Oktoberfest, 1. Tag |
| 29 September 2025 | Mo | Saint Michael the Archangel Feast Day Michaelistag |
| 3 October 2025 | Fr | German Unity Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
| 5 October 2025 | Su | Harvest Feast Erntedankfest |
| 31 October 2025 | Fr | Reformation Day Reformationstag |
| 31 October 2025 | Fr | Hallowe'en Halloween |
| 1 November 2025 | Sa | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen |
| 2 November 2025 | Su | Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed Day Allerseelen |
| 11 November 2025 | Tu | Carnival Fasching |
| 11 November 2025 | Tu | St. Martin's Day Martinstag |
| 16 November 2025 | Su | People's Day of Mourning Volkstrauertag |
| 19 November 2025 | We | Day of Prayer and Repentance Buß- und Bettag |
| 23 November 2025 | Su | Remembrance Sunday Totensonntag |
| 28 November 2025 | Fr | Black Friday Black Friday |
| 30 November 2025 | Su | Advent 1. Advent |
| 4 December 2025 | Th | St. Barbara's Day Tag der heiligen Barbara |
| 6 December 2025 | Sa | St. Nicolas Day Nikolaustag |
| 7 December 2025 | Su | The 2nd Advent 2. Advent |
| 13 December 2025 | Sa | Saint Lucy's Day Luciafest |
| 14 December 2025 | Su | The 3rd Advent 3. Advent |
| 18 December 2025 | Th | International Migrants Day Internationaler Tag der Migranten |
| 21 December 2025 | Su | The 4th Advent 4. Advent |
| 24 December 2025 | We | Christmas Eve Heiligabend |
| 25 December 2025 | Th | Christmas Weihnachten |
| 26 December 2025 | Fr | The 2nd day of Christmas 2. Weihnachtstag |
| 26 December 2025 | Fr | St. Stephen's Day Stephanitag |
| 31 December 2025 | We | 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 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028
