Public Holidays in Germany 2007 |
| Holiday Name |
Date |
| New Year's Day |
Monday, 1 January |
| Epiphany |
Saturday, 6 January |
| Good Friday |
Friday, 6 April |
| Easter Monday |
Monday, 9 April |
| Labour Day |
Thursday, 1 May |
| Ascension |
Thursday, 17 May |
| Whit Monday |
Monday, 28 May |
| Corpus Christi |
Thursday, 7 June |
| Assumption |
Wednesday, 15 August |
| Day of German Unity |
Wednesday, 3 October |
| Day of Reformation |
Wednesday, 31 October |
| All Saints' Day |
Thursday, 1 November |
| Repentance Day |
Wednesday, 21 November |
| Christmas Day |
Tuesday 25, Wednesday 26 December |
Public Holidays in Germany 2008 |
| Holiday Name |
Date |
| New Year's Day |
Tuesday, 1 January |
| Epiphany |
Sunday, 6 January |
| Good Friday |
Friday, 21 March |
| Easter Monday |
Monday, 24 March |
| Labour Day |
Thursday, 1 May |
| Ascension |
Thursday, 1 May |
| Whit Monday |
Monday, 12 May |
| Corpus Christi |
Thursday, 22 May |
| Assumption |
Friday, 15 August |
| Day of German Unity |
Friday, 3 October |
| Day of Reformation |
Friday, 31 October |
| All Saints' Day |
Saturday, 1 November |
| Repentance Day |
Wednesday, 19 November |
| Christmas Day |
Thursday 25, Friday 26 December |
Additional Information
Public holidays that fall on a weekend are not forwarded.
• With the exception of Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, and Labour Day, public holidays are all optional and it is left to the discretion of each region as to which holidays it will allow.
• Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not official public holidays but many take them off; they are however bank holidays.
• Carnival Rose Monday (The Monday before Ash Wednesday): Cologne and Rhine region.
• Epiphany: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt.
• Corpus Christi: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and some localities in Saxony and Thuringia.
• Assumption Day: Saarland, and in Bavarian communities with mostly Catholic populations.
• Reformation Day: Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and some localities in Thuringia.
• All Saints' Day: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Saarland.
• Repentance Day: Saxony only. It was one of the national public holidays until 1994.