Day |
Date |
Holiday Name |
Type |
Sunday |
01 January |
New Year's Day |
National holiday |
Friday |
06 January |
Epiphany |
Observance, Christian |
Friday |
06 January |
Epiphany |
Common local holiday |
Sunday |
22 January |
Franco-German Day |
Observance |
Friday |
27 January |
Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism |
Observance |
Tuesday |
14 February |
Valentine's Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
16 February |
Hizir Fast |
Observance |
Monday |
20 February |
Shrove Monday |
Observance |
Tuesday |
21 February |
Carnival Tuesday |
Observance |
Wednesday |
22 February |
Carnival / Ash Wednesday |
Silent Day |
Wednesday |
08 March |
International Women's Day |
Observance |
Wednesday |
08 March |
International Women's Day |
Common local holiday |
Friday |
17 March |
St. Patrick's Day |
Observance, Christian |
Saturday |
18 March |
Anniversary of the March Revolution |
Observance |
Monday |
20 March |
March Equinox |
Season |
Tuesday |
21 March |
Alevitic New Year |
Observance |
Sunday |
26 March |
Daylight Saving Time starts |
Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Sunday |
02 April |
Palm Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Thursday |
06 April |
Maundy Thursday |
Silent Day |
Thursday |
06 April |
Maundy Thursday |
Observance, Christian |
Thursday |
06 April |
First Day of Passover |
Observance, Hebrew |
Friday |
07 April |
Good Friday |
National holiday, Christian |
Friday |
07 April |
Second Day of Passover |
Observance, Hebrew |
Saturday |
08 April |
Holy Saturday |
Silent Day |
Sunday |
09 April |
Easter Sunday |
Christian, Common local holiday |
Sunday |
09 April |
Easter Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Monday |
10 April |
Easter Monday |
National holiday, Christian |
Tuesday |
11 April |
Sixth Day of Passover |
Observance, Hebrew |
Wednesday |
12 April |
Seventh Day of Passover |
Observance, Hebrew |
Saturday |
22 April |
Eid ul Fitr |
Observance, Muslim |
Sunday |
23 April |
German Beer Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
27 April |
Girls' Day / Boys' Day |
Observance |
Sunday |
30 April |
Walpurgis Night |
Observance |
Monday |
01 May |
May Day |
National holiday |
Friday |
05 May |
Europe Day (Council of Europe) |
Observance |
Monday |
08 May |
Anniversary of the End of World War II |
Observance |
Tuesday |
09 May |
Europe Day (European Union) |
Observance |
Sunday |
14 May |
Mother's Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
18 May |
Father's Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
18 May |
Ascension Day |
National holiday, Christian |
Tuesday |
23 May |
Constitution Day |
Observance |
Friday |
26 May |
First Day of Shavuot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Saturday |
27 May |
Second Day of Shavuot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Sunday |
28 May |
Whit Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
28 May |
Whit Sunday |
Christian, Common local holiday |
Monday |
29 May |
Whit Monday |
National holiday, Christian |
Thursday |
01 June |
International Childrens' Day |
Observance |
Saturday |
03 June |
European Bicycle Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
08 June |
Corpus Christi |
Christian, Common local holiday |
Saturday |
17 June |
Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice |
Observance |
Sunday |
18 June |
Car-free Sunday |
Observance |
Wednesday |
21 June |
June Solstice |
Season |
Saturday |
24 June |
St. John |
Observance, Christian |
Saturday |
24 June |
Architecture Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
29 June |
St Peter and Paul |
Observance, Christian |
Thursday |
29 June |
Eid al-Adha |
Observance, Muslim |
Friday |
28 July |
Ashura (Tentative Date) |
Observance, Muslim |
Tuesday |
08 August |
Peace Festival in Augsburg |
Local holiday |
Tuesday |
15 August |
Assumption of Mary |
Observance, Christian |
Tuesday |
15 August |
Assumption of Mary |
Christian, Common local holiday |
Friday |
01 September |
Anti War Day |
Observance |
Saturday |
09 September |
German Language Day |
Observance |
Sunday |
10 September |
European Heritage Days |
Observance |
Saturday |
16 September |
Rosh Hashana |
Observance, Hebrew |
Sunday |
17 September |
Second Day of Rosh Hashana |
Observance, Hebrew |
Wednesday |
20 September |
German World Children's Day |
Common local holiday |
Wednesday |
20 September |
German World Children's Day |
Observance |
Saturday |
23 September |
September Equinox |
Season |
Monday |
25 September |
Yom Kippur |
Observance, Hebrew |
Saturday |
30 September |
First day of Sukkot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Sunday |
01 October |
Harvest Festival |
Observance |
Sunday |
01 October |
Second Day of Sukkot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Tuesday |
03 October |
Day of German Unity |
National holiday |
Thursday |
05 October |
Sixth Day of Sukkot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Friday |
06 October |
Seventh Day of Sukkot |
Observance, Hebrew |
Saturday |
07 October |
Shemini Atzeret |
Observance, Hebrew |
Sunday |
08 October |
Simchat Torah |
Observance, Hebrew |
Sunday |
08 October |
Grandparents' Day |
Observance |
Sunday |
29 October |
Daylight Saving Time ends |
Clock change/Daylight Saving Time |
Monday |
30 October |
World Thrift Day |
Observance |
Tuesday |
31 October |
Reformation Day |
Observance, Christian |
Tuesday |
31 October |
Reformation Day |
Common local holiday |
Tuesday |
31 October |
Halloween |
Observance |
Wednesday |
01 November |
All Saints' Day |
Silent Day, public holiday |
Wednesday |
01 November |
All Saints' Day |
Observance, Christian |
Thursday |
02 November |
All Souls' Day |
Silent Day |
Thursday |
09 November |
Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day |
Observance |
Thursday |
09 November |
9th of November |
Observance |
Thursday |
09 November |
Fall of the Berlin Wall |
Observance |
Saturday |
11 November |
St. Martin's Day |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
19 November |
National Day of Mourning |
Silent Day |
Wednesday |
22 November |
Repentance Day |
Silent Day |
Wednesday |
22 November |
Repentance Day |
Observance, Christian |
Wednesday |
22 November |
Repentance Day |
Christian, Common local holiday |
Sunday |
26 November |
Sunday of the Dead |
Silent Day |
Sunday |
03 December |
First Advent Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Wednesday |
06 December |
Saint Nicholas Day |
Observance, Christian |
Friday |
08 December |
Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
10 December |
Second Advent Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
17 December |
Third Advent Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Tuesday |
19 December |
Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide |
Observance |
Friday |
22 December |
December Solstice |
Season |
Sunday |
24 December |
Fourth Advent Sunday |
Observance, Christian |
Sunday |
24 December |
Christmas Eve |
Silent Day |
Monday |
25 December |
Christmas Day |
National holiday, Christian |
Tuesday |
26 December |
Boxing Day |
National holiday, Christian |
Sunday |
31 December |
New Year's Eve |
Bank holiday |