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Day | Date | Holiday | Comments |
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Monday | January 01 | New Year's Day | |
Saturday | January 06 | Three Kings Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
Monday | February 12 | Fasching | Fastnacht. Not a Public Holiday |
Friday | March 30 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
Monday | April 02 | Easter Monday | Monday after Easter Sunday |
Tuesday | May 01 | Labour Day | |
Thursday | May 10 | Ascension Day | 40 days after Easter |
Thursday | May 10 | Father's Day | Celebrated on Ascension Day |
Sunday | May 13 | Mother's Day | 2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday |
Monday | May 21 | Whit Monday | 7th Monday after Easter. Also Known as Pentecost Monday |
Thursday | May 31 | Corpus Christi | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
Wednesday | August 15 | Assumption Day | Bavaria, Saarland |
Saturday | September 22 | Oktoberfest | Start of Oktoberfest. Not a public holiday. |
Wednesday | October 03 | German Unity Day | Celebrated on October 3rd |
Wednesday | October 31 | Day of Reformation | Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony,Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia |
Thursday | November 01 | All Saints Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
Wednesday | November 21 | Repentance Day | Saxony. Wednesday before November 23 |
Tuesday | December 25 | Christmas Day | |
Wednesday | December 26 | St Stephens Day | Second day of Christmas |
National Holiday | Regional Holiday | Not a Public Holiday |