| 2012 Date |
Name |
Remarks |
| January 1 |
New Years Day
|
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| January 6 |
Epiphany
|
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
| April 6 |
Good Friday
|
Friday before Easter Sunday |
| April 9 |
Easter Monday
|
Monday after Easter Sunday |
| May 1 |
Labour Day
|
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| May 13 |
Mothers Day
|
2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday. |
| May 17 |
Ascension Day
|
40 days after Easter |
| May 17 |
Fathers Day
|
Celebrated on Ascension Day |
| May 28 |
Whitmonday
|
7th Monday after Easter. Also Known as Pentecost Monday |
| June 7 |
Corpus Christi
|
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| August 15 |
Assumption Day
|
Saarland |
| October 3 |
German Unity Day
|
Celebrated on October 3rd |
| October 31 |
Day of Reformation
|
Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony,Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia |
| November 1 |
All Saints Day
|
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| November 21 |
Repentance Day
|
Saxony. Wednesday before November 23. |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day
|
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| December 26 |
St Stephens Day
|
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National public holidays of Germany in 2012
