Public Holidays in Germany in 2016

Germany 2016

Germany
2016

List of Holidays in Germany in 2016

Day	Date	Holiday Name	German Name	Type	Comments
Friday	Jan 01	New Year's Day	Neujahrstag	Public Holiday
Wednesday	Jan 06	Three King's Day	Heilige Drei Könige	Regional Holiday	Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt
Monday	Feb 08	Fasching	Fastnacht	Not A Public Holiday	Not a Public Holiday
Friday	Mar 25	Good Friday	Karfreitag	Public Holiday
Monday	Mar 28	Easter Monday	Ostermontag	Public Holiday
Sunday	May 01	Labour Day	Tag der Arbeit	Public Holiday	International Workers' Day
Thursday	May 05	Ascension Day	Christi Himmelfahrt	Public Holiday	39 days after Easter Sunday
Thursday	May 05	Father's Day	Vatertag	Not A Public Holiday	Celebrated on Ascension Day
Sunday	May 08	Mother's Day	Muttertag	Not A Public Holiday	2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday
Monday	May 16	Whit Monday	Pfingstmontag	Public Holiday	7th Monday after Easter
Thursday	May 26	Corpus Christi	Fronleichnam	Regional Holiday	Several states
Monday	Aug 15	Assumption Day	Mariä Himmelfahrt	Regional Holiday	Bavaria, Saarland
Saturday	Sep 17	Oktoberfest	Oktoberfest	Not A Public Holiday	Start of Oktoberfest. Not a public holiday.
Monday	Oct 03	Unity Day	Tag der Deutschen Einheit	Public Holiday	Celebrated on October 3rd
Monday	Oct 31	Reformation Day	Reformationstag	Regional Holiday	Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony,Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
Tuesday	Nov 01	All Saints' Day	Allerheiligen	Regional Holiday	Several states
Wednesday	Nov 16	Repentance Day	Buß- und Bettag	Regional Holiday	Saxony
Sunday	Dec 25	Christmas Day	Weihnachtstag	Public Holiday
Monday	Dec 26	St. Stephen's Day	Zweiter Weihnachtsfeiertag	Public Holiday	Second day of Christmas

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Except for German Unity Day, public holidays in Germany are determined by the federal states.
Holidays are normally observed on their calendar date.