Upcoming Holidays in Germany
This page contains the list of upcoming Germany official public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, regional public holidays, non-working national holidays and sectorial holidays from May 2024 to April 2025. You can check this page in advance before visiting Germany.
List of Germany public holidays from May 2024 to April 2025
| Holiday name | Holiday location / Date | Holiday type |
|---|---|---|
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Germany May 5 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Germany May 8 2024, Wednesday |
Observance |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Germany May 9 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| Ascension Day | Germany May 9 2024, Thursday |
National |
| Father's Day | Germany May 9 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| Mother's Day | Germany May 12 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Whit Sunday | Germany - Brandenburg May 19 2024, Sunday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Whit Monday | Germany May 20 2024, Monday |
National |
| Constitution Day | Germany May 23 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| Corpus Christi | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia May 30 2024, Thursday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| International Childrens' Day | Germany - Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia June 1 2024, Saturday |
Observance |
| European Bicycle Day | Germany June 3 2024, Monday |
Observance |
| Visually Impaired People Day | Germany June 6 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| Car-free Sunday | Germany June 16 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| June Solstice | Germany June 20 2024, Thursday |
Seasonal |
| Architecture Day | Germany June 29 2024, Saturday |
Observance |
| Peace Festival in Augsburg | Germany - Bavaria August 8 2024, Thursday |
Local holiday |
| Assumption of Mary | Germany - Saarland, Bavaria August 15 2024, Thursday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| World Peace Day | Germany September 1 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| European Heritage Days | Germany September 8 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| German Language Day | Germany September 14 2024, Saturday |
Observance |
| German World Children's Day | Germany September 20 2024, Friday |
Observance |
| September Equinox | Germany September 22 2024, Sunday |
Seasonal |
| Day of German Unity | Germany October 3 2024, Thursday |
National |
| Harvest Festival | Germany October 6 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Grandparents' Day | Germany - Bavaria October 13 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Day of the Libraries | Germany October 24 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Germany October 27 2024, Sunday |
Clock change |
| World Thrift Day | Germany October 30 2024, Wednesday |
Observance |
| Reformation Day | Germany - Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen October 31 2024, Thursday |
Local holiday |
| Halloween | Germany October 31 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| All Saints' Day | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland November 1 2024, Friday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Germany November 9 2024, Saturday |
Observance |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Germany November 9 2024, Saturday |
Observance |
| St. Martin's Day | Germany November 11 2024, Monday |
Observance |
| National Day of Mourning | Germany November 17 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Repentance Day | Germany - Saxony November 20 2024, Wednesday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Sunday of the Dead | Germany November 24 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| First Advent Sunday | Germany December 1 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Saint Nicholas Day | Germany December 6 2024, Friday |
Observance |
| Second Advent Sunday | Germany December 8 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Third Advent Sunday | Germany December 15 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Germany December 19 2024, Thursday |
Observance |
| December Solstice | Germany December 21 2024, Saturday |
Seasonal |
| Fourth Advent Sunday | Germany December 22 2024, Sunday |
Observance |
| Christmas Eve | Germany December 24 2024, Tuesday |
Half day |
| Christmas Day | Germany December 25 2024, Wednesday |
National |
| Boxing Day | Germany December 26 2024, Thursday |
National |
| New Year's Eve | Germany December 31 2024, Tuesday |
Half day |
| New Year's Day | Germany January 1 2025, Wednesday |
National |
| Epiphany | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt January 6 2025, Monday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Franco-German Day | Germany January 22 2025, Wednesday |
Observance |
| Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Germany January 27 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| European Privacy Day | Germany January 28 2025, Tuesday |
Observance |
| Children's Hospice Day | Germany February 10 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| Valentine's Day | Germany February 14 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| Shrove Monday | Germany March 3 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | Germany March 4 2025, Tuesday |
Observance |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Germany March 5 2025, Wednesday |
Observance |
| International Women's Day | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia March 8 2025, Saturday |
Observance |
| St. Patrick's Day | Germany March 17 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| March Equinox | Germany March 20 2025, Thursday |
Seasonal |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | Germany March 30 2025, Sunday |
Clock change |