Public Holidays in Germany: Calendar, List
German legislation establishes official public holidays that are days off from work. Some of them are valid only for specific regions. Here you will find a list and a calendar of public holidays.
What official public holiday is it today in Germany
Today, on 21 November 2024 Germany has no official national holiday, which would be a day off from work.
Upcoming and recent holidays:
- 31.10.2024 (Th) Reformation Day, 21 days agoGermany Germany
- 01.11.2024 (Fr) All Saints' Day, 20 days agoGermany Germany
- 20.11.2024 (We) Day of Prayer and Repentance, took place yesterdayGermany Germany
- 21.11.2024 (Th) Today
- 25.12.2024 (We) Christmas, in 1 month 4 daysGermany Germany
- 26.12.2024 (Th) The 2nd day of Christmas, in 1 month 5 daysGermany Germany
- 01.01.2025 (We) New Year's Day, in 1 month 11 daysGermany Germany
- 06.01.2025 (Mo) Twelfth-day, in 1 month 16 daysGermany Germany
- 08.03.2025 (Sa) International Women's Day, in 3 months 15 daysGermany Germany
In which regions of Germany the holiday is a day free from work, see below on the calendar or schedule.
Calendar of public holidays and school vacations in Germany
In the calendar below you will find all public holidays in Germany, valid throughout the country or only in some of its lands. For more information about the red letter dates, click on them or hover the mouse over them. Besides, detailed information about the holiday will be provided by the following schedule of holidays in Germany for 2024.
To view the calendars of holidays and vacations in the federated state of Germany you need, go to the list of calendars by land(federated state) of Germany.
Calendar of public holidays in Germany
- January 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 2
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 3
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 4
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 5
- 29
- 30
- 31
- February 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 7
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 8
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 9
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- March 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 10
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 12
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 13
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- April 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 15
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 16
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 17
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 18
- 29
- 30
- May 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 19
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 20
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 21
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 22
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- June 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 22
- 1
- 2
- 23
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 24
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 25
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 26
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- July 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 27
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 28
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 29
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 30
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 31
- 29
- 30
- 31
- August 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 31
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 32
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 33
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 34
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 35
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- September 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 35
- 1
- 36
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 37
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 38
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 39
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 40
- 30
- October 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 40
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 41
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 42
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 43
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 44
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- November 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 44
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 45
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 46
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 47
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 48
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- December 2024
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 48
- 1
- 49
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 50
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 51
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 52
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 1
- 30
- 31
Schedule of public holidays in Germany
The following table shows the schedule of public holidays in Germany, indicating the regions in which this holiday is a day off.
To view all the popular and religious holidays in Germany, go to an individual page of our site.
Schedule of public holidays in Germany
| Date | The name of the holiday | Lands, regions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2024 Monday 01 KW | New Year's Day Neujahrstag | Nationwide holiday |
| 6 January 2024 Saturday 01 KW | Twelfth-day Heilige Drei Könige | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - Saxony-Anhalt |
| 8 March 2024 Friday 10 KW | International Women's Day Internationaler Frauentag | Valid only in lands: - Berlin, - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| 29 March 2024 Friday 13 KW | Good Friday Karfreitag | Nationwide holiday |
| 31 March 2024 Sunday 13 KW | Easter Ostern | Nationwide holiday |
| 1 April 2024 Monday 14 KW | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Nationwide holiday |
| 1 May 2024 Wednesday 18 KW | Labor Day, May 1 1. Mai | Nationwide holiday |
| 9 May 2024 Thursday 19 KW | Ascension of Christ Christi Himmelfahrt | Nationwide holiday |
| 19 May 2024 Sunday 20 KW | Pentecost Pfingstsonntag | Nationwide holiday |
| 20 May 2024 Monday 21 KW | Pentecost, 2nd day Pfingstmontag | Nationwide holiday |
| 30 May 2024 Thursday 22 KW | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - Hesse, - North Rhine-Westphalia, - Rhineland-Palatinate, - Saarland, - Saxony, - Thuringia (Saxony, Thuringia: only in some regions) |
| 8 August 2024 Thursday 32 KW | Augsburg Peace Festival Augsburger Friedensfest | Valid only in lands: - Bavaria only in Augsburg |
| 15 August 2024 Thursday 33 KW | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mariä Himmelfahrt | Valid only in lands: - Bavaria, - Saarland (Bavaria: only in some regions) |
| 20 September 2024 Friday 38 KW | Universal Children's Day Weltkindertag | Valid only in lands: - Thuringia |
| 3 October 2024 Thursday 40 KW | German Unity Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit | Nationwide holiday |
| 31 October 2024 Thursday 44 KW | Reformation Day Reformationstag | Valid only in lands: - Brandenburg, - Bremen, - Hamburg, - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, - Lower Saxony, - Saxony, - Saxony-Anhalt, - Schleswig-Holstein, - Thuringia |
| 1 November 2024 Friday 44 KW | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - North Rhine-Westphalia, - Rhineland-Palatinate, - Saarland |
| 20 November 2024 Wednesday 47 KW | Day of Prayer and Repentance Buß- und Bettag | Valid only in lands: - Saxony |
| 25 December 2024 Wednesday 52 KW | Christmas Weihnachten | Nationwide holiday |
| 26 December 2024 Thursday 52 KW | The 2nd day of Christmas 2. Weihnachtstag | Nationwide holiday |
View the whole table: all holidays in Germany.
RU-GELD.DE Team
Last updated:
Calendar of official holidays in Germany 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
