Public Holidays in Germany: National and State-Specific Holidays in 2026/2027
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By Kate Vodopian
By Kate Vodopian Germany observes a range of public holidays, some celebrated nationwide and others specific to individual states. These holidays reflect Germany’s rich history and traditions, offering residents time to rest and celebrate. For employers, knowing the exact dates is vital for planning schedules and managing staff leave.
Nationwide Public Holidays in Germany (2026)
The following public holidays are observed across all federal states in Germany:
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday (Pentecost Monday): Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- Boxing Day (Second Day of Christmas): Saturday, December 26
Nationwide Public Holidays in Germany (2027)
The following public holidays are observed across all federal states in Germany:
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday (Pentecost Monday): Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- Boxing Day (Second Day of Christmas): Sunday, December 26
State-Specific Public Holidays in Germany
Baden-Württemberg Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Epiphany: Tuesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Sunday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Baden-Württemberg Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Epiphany: Wednesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Monday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
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Bavaria Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Epiphany: Tuesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Assumption Day: Saturday, August 15
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Sunday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
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Bavaria Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Epiphany: Wednesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Assumption Day: Sunday, August 15
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Monday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/BayFTG-1?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
Berlin Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- International Women’s Day: Sunday, March 8
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Berlin Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- International Women’s Day: Monday, March 8
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Brandenburg Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Sunday: Sunday, April 5
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Sunday: Sunday, May 24
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Brandenburg Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Sunday: Sunday, March 28
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Sunday: Sunday, May 16
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://bravors.brandenburg.de/gesetze/ftg_2015
Bremen Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Bremen Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Hamburg Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Hamburg Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://www.landesrecht-hamburg.de/bsha/document/jlr-FeiertGHArahmen
Hesse Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Hesse Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Lower Saxony Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Lower Saxony Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- International Women’s Day: Sunday, March 8
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- International Women’s Day: Monday, March 8
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://www.landesrecht-mv.de/bsmv/document/jlr-FTGMVV3P2
North Rhine-Westphalia Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Sunday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
North Rhine-Westphalia Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Monday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Rhineland-Palatinate Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Sunday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Rhineland-Palatinate Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Monday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://landesrecht.rlp.de/bsrp/document/jlr-FeiertGRPpP2
Saarland Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Assumption Day: Saturday, August 15
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Sunday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Saarland Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Assumption Day: Sunday, August 15
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- All Saints’ Day: Monday, November 1
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://www.saarland.de/EN/home#:~:text=Homepage%20%2D%20saarland.de
Saxony Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Repentance Day: Wednesday, November 18
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Saxony Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Repentance Day: Wednesday, November 17
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://revosax.sachsen.de/vorschrift_gesamt/3997.html
Saxony-Anhalt Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Epiphany: Tuesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Saxony-Anhalt Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Epiphany: Wednesday, January 6
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://www.landesrecht.sachsen-anhalt.de/bsst/document/jlr-FeiertGSTpP2
Schleswig-Holstein Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Schleswig-Holstein Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
Thuringia Public Holidays 2026
- New Year’s Day: Thursday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, April 3
- Easter Monday: Monday, April 6
- Labour Day: Friday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 14
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 25
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, June 4
- Children’s Day: Sunday, September 20
- Day of German Unity: Saturday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Saturday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Friday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Saturday, December 26
Thuringia Public Holidays 2027
- New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1
- Good Friday: Friday, March 26
- Easter Monday: Monday, March 29
- Labour Day: Saturday, May 1
- Ascension Day: Thursday, May 6
- Whit Monday: Monday, May 17
- Corpus Christi: Thursday, May 27
- Children’s Day: Monday, September 20
- Day of German Unity: Sunday, October 3
- Reformation Day: Sunday, October 31
- Christmas Day: Saturday, December 25
- 2nd Day of Christmas: Sunday, December 26
More info: https://landesrecht.thueringen.de/bsth/document/jlr-FeiertGTHrahmen
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