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 December 2024 to November 2025. You can check this page in advance before visiting Germany.
List of Germany public holidays from December 2024 to November 2025
| Holiday name | Holiday location / Date | Holiday type |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Palm Sunday | Germany April 13 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Maundy Thursday | Germany April 17 2025, Thursday |
Observance |
| Good Friday | Germany April 18 2025, Friday |
National |
| Easter Sunday | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia April 20 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Easter Monday | Germany April 21 2025, Monday |
National |
| German Beer Day | Germany April 23 2025, Wednesday |
Observance |
| Girls' Day - Career Information Day | Germany April 24 2025, Thursday |
Observance |
| Walpurgis Night | Germany April 30 2025, Wednesday |
Observance |
| May Day | Germany May 1 2025, Thursday |
National |
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Germany May 5 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Germany May 8 2025, Thursday |
Observance |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Germany May 9 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| Mother's Day | Germany May 11 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Constitution Day | Germany May 23 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| Father's Day | Germany May 29 2025, Thursday |
Observance |
| Ascension Day | Germany May 29 2025, Thursday |
National |
| International Childrens' Day | Germany - Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia June 1 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| European Bicycle Day | Germany June 3 2025, Tuesday |
Observance |
| Visually Impaired People Day | Germany June 6 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| Whit Sunday | Germany - Brandenburg June 8 2025, Sunday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Whit Monday | Germany June 9 2025, Monday |
National |
| Car-free Sunday | Germany June 15 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Corpus Christi | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia June 19 2025, Thursday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| June Solstice | Germany June 21 2025, Saturday |
Seasonal |
| Architecture Day | Germany June 28 2025, Saturday |
Observance |
| Peace Festival in Augsburg | Germany - Bavaria August 8 2025, Friday |
Local holiday |
| Assumption of Mary | Germany - Saarland, Bavaria August 15 2025, Friday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| World Peace Day | Germany September 1 2025, Monday |
Observance |
| German Language Day | Germany September 13 2025, Saturday |
Observance |
| European Heritage Days | Germany September 14 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| German World Children's Day | Germany - Thuringia September 20 2025, Saturday |
Local holiday |
| September Equinox | Germany September 22 2025, Monday |
Seasonal |
| Day of German Unity | Germany October 3 2025, Friday |
National |
| Harvest Festival | Germany October 5 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Grandparents' Day | Germany - Bavaria October 12 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Day of the Libraries | Germany October 24 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Germany October 26 2025, Sunday |
Clock change |
| World Thrift Day | Germany October 30 2025, Thursday |
Observance |
| Reformation Day | Germany - Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen October 31 2025, Friday |
Local holiday |
| Halloween | Germany October 31 2025, Friday |
Observance |
| All Saints' Day | Germany - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland November 1 2025, Saturday |
Local holiday, Christian |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Germany November 9 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Germany November 9 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| St. Martin's Day | Germany November 11 2025, Tuesday |
Observance |
| National Day of Mourning | Germany November 16 2025, Sunday |
Observance |
| Repentance Day | Germany - Saxony November 19 2025, Wednesday |
Local holiday, Christian |