In Germany, the Federal States are responsible for scheduling their school holidays. Therefore, the States have holidays at different times. Also, public holidays may differ from one State to another.
You can find a detailed survey of the school holidays of the current school year in the section Service > Downloads (document available only in German).
Public Holidays |
January 1 |
New Year’s Day |
January 6 |
Epiphany (only in the Federal States Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, and Saxony-Anhalt)
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Floating |
Good Friday |
Floating |
Easter Monday |
May 1 |
Labour Day |
Floating |
Ascension Day |
Floating |
Whit Monday |
Floating |
Corpus Christi (only in the Federal States Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westfalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony* and Thuringia*)
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August 8 |
Peace Festival (restricted to Augsburg district)
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August 15 |
Assumption Day (only Bavaria*, Saarland)
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October 3 |
German Unification Day (National Holiday) |
October 31 |
Reformation Day (only Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia)
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November 1 |
All Saints’ Day (only Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westfalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland)
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Floating |
Penance Day (only Saxony)
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December 25 |
Christmas Day |
December 26 |
Boxing Day |
* Only in communities with mainly Catholic population.
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