Calendar of holidays and school vacations in Germany
The German law establishes official holidays free from work, but not every holiday is valid throughout Germany. Some holidays are valid only for certain federated states (lands), and one holiday is fixed only for one city. In each land of Germany school vacations also have their own schedule and duration and are usually different from holidays in other lands of the country. In addition, each school has the opportunity to independently set several days during the year as a flexible schedule vacation.
§ What holiday is it today in Germany
Today, on 2 December 2023 Germany has no official national holiday, which would be a day off from work.
Upcoming popular holidays:
- 19.11.2023 (Su) People's Day of Mourning, 13 days agoGermany Germany
- 22.11.2023 (We) Day of Prayer and Repentance *, 10 days agoGermany Germany
- 24.11.2023 (Fr) Black Friday, 8 days agoGermany Germany
- 03.12.2023 (Su) Advent, in 1 dayGermany Germany
- 06.12.2023 (We) St. Nicolas Day, in 4 daysGermany Germany
- 10.12.2023 (Su) The 2nd Advent, in 8 daysGermany Germany
- 17.12.2023 (Su) The 3rd Advent, in 15 daysGermany Germany
- 18.12.2023 (Mo) International Migrants Day, in 16 daysGermany Germany
- 24.12.2023 (Su) The 4th Advent, in 22 daysGermany Germany
* - public holiday (in which regions of Germany the holiday is a day free from work, see below on the calendar)
A comprehensive schedule of popular, folk, religious holidays in Germany
§ Calendar of public holidays and school vacations in Germany
In the calendar below you will find all public holidays in Germany, valid throughout the country or only in some of its lands. For more information about the red letter dates, click on them or hover the mouse over them. Besides, detailed information about the holiday will be provided by the following schedule of holidays in Germany for 2023.
To view the calendars of holidays and vacations in the federated state of Germany you need, go to the list of calendars by land(federated state) of Germany.
Calendar of public holidays in Germany
- January 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 52
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 2
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 3
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 4
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 5
- 30
- 31
- February 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 7
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 8
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 9
- 27
- 28
- March 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 10
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 11
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 12
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 13
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- April 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 14
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 15
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 17
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- May 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 19
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 20
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 22
- 29
- 30
- 31
- June 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 22
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 23
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 24
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 25
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- July 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 26
- 1
- 2
- 27
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 28
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 29
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 30
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 31
- August 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 31
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 32
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 33
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 34
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 35
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- September 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 35
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 36
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 37
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 38
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 39
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- October 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 39
- 1
- 40
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 41
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 42
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 43
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 44
- 30
- 31
- November 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 44
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 45
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 46
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 47
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 48
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- December 2023
- Mo
- Tu
- We
- Th
- Fr
- Sa
- Su
- 48
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 49
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 50
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 51
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 52
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
§ Non-working days in Germany in 2023
For information about holidays in Germany for other years, go to the German calendar and change the year.
Working hours in Germany are set from Monday to Saturday, so Sunday in Germany is an official non-working day. However, many people in Germany work 5 days a week, so Saturday is also a day off for them. In addition, public holidays established by law are non-working days in Germany. Some of these days fall on Saturday and Sunday, others - on weekdays. Besides, in a number of lands(federated states) or regions of Germany, the law establishes additional public holidays.
The following list shows the number of Saturdays and Sundays and official public holidays in the German calendar 2023.
The number of days off in Germany in 2023.
Days off | Number |
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The number of Saturdays per year | 52 |
Sundays per year | 53 |
The number of official all-German holidays, total | 11 |
The number of official all-German holidays, falling not on Sunday | 8 |
The number of official all-German holidays, falling neither on Saturday or Sunday | 8 |
Additional holidays, depending on land of Germany see below in the holidays schedule | from 0 to 9 |
Thus, in 2023 Germany has 113 days off, including all Saturdays, Sundays and official German holidays that do not fall either on Saturdays or Sundays. Depending on the land of Germany, this number can be at most by 9 days more.
§ Schedule of public holidays in Germany
The following table shows the schedule of public holidays in Germany, indicating the regions in which this holiday is a day off.
To view all the popular and religious holidays in Germany, go to an individual page of our site.
Schedule of public holidays in Germany
Date | The name of the holiday | Lands, regions |
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1 January 2023 Sunday 52 KW | New Year's Day Neujahrstag | Nationwide holiday |
6 January 2023 Friday 01 KW | Twelfth-day Heilige Drei Könige | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - Saxony-Anhalt |
8 March 2023 Wednesday 10 KW | International Women's Day Internationaler Frauentag | Valid only in lands: - Berlin, - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
7 April 2023 Friday 14 KW | Good Friday Karfreitag | Nationwide holiday |
9 April 2023 Sunday 14 KW | Easter Ostern | Nationwide holiday |
10 April 2023 Monday 15 KW | Easter Monday Ostermontag | Nationwide holiday |
1 May 2023 Monday 18 KW | Labor Day, May 1 1. Mai | Nationwide holiday |
18 May 2023 Thursday 20 KW | Ascension of Christ Christi Himmelfahrt | Nationwide holiday |
28 May 2023 Sunday 21 KW | Pentecost Pfingstsonntag | Nationwide holiday |
29 May 2023 Monday 22 KW | Pentecost, 2nd day Pfingstmontag | Nationwide holiday |
8 June 2023 Thursday 23 KW | Corpus Christi Fronleichnam | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - Hesse, - North Rhine-Westphalia, - Rhineland-Palatinate, - Saarland, - Saxony, - Thuringia (Saxony, Thuringia: only in some regions) |
8 August 2023 Tuesday 32 KW | Augsburg Peace Festival Augsburger Friedensfest | Valid only in lands: - Bavaria only in Augsburg |
15 August 2023 Tuesday 33 KW | Assumption of the Virgin Mary Mariä Himmelfahrt | Valid only in lands: - Bavaria, - Saarland (Bavaria: only in some regions) |
20 September 2023 Wednesday 38 KW | Universal Children's Day Weltkindertag | Valid only in lands: - Thuringia |
3 October 2023 Tuesday 40 KW | German Unity Day Tag der Deutschen Einheit | Nationwide holiday |
31 October 2023 Tuesday 44 KW | Reformation Day Reformationstag | Valid only in lands: - Brandenburg, - Bremen, - Hamburg, - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, - Lower Saxony, - Saxony, - Saxony-Anhalt, - Schleswig-Holstein, - Thuringia |
1 November 2023 Wednesday 44 KW | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Valid only in lands: - Baden-Württemberg, - Bavaria, - North Rhine-Westphalia, - Rhineland-Palatinate, - Saarland |
22 November 2023 Wednesday 47 KW | Day of Prayer and Repentance Buß- und Bettag | Valid only in lands: - Saxony |
25 December 2023 Monday 52 KW | Christmas Weihnachten | Nationwide holiday |
26 December 2023 Tuesday 52 KW | The 2nd day of Christmas 2. Weihnachtstag | Nationwide holiday |
View the whole table: all holidays in Germany.
§
In the list below you will find the schedule of the upcoming school vacations in Germany. To view the schedule of all school vacations: autumn, spring, summer, winter, Christmas, as well as on holidays, go to the calendars of holidays and school vacations in the lands of Germany.
Information about school vacations is provided in accordance with the data of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Lands (Kultusministerkonferenz). Some scheduled school vacation dates could be changed. Most actual information can be obtained from the Lands School Boardd (corresponding links in the calendars by state/land).
Schedule of school vacations in Germany
Christmas holidays/ vacation (Weihnachtsferien)
- from 21.12.2022 till 05.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Saxony-Anhalt
- from 21.12.2022 till 07.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Baden-Württemberg
- from 22.12.2022 till 02.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Saxony, Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- from 22.12.2022 till 03.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Brandenburg, Thuringia
- from 22.12.2022 till 04.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Saarland
- from 22.12.2022 till 07.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Hesse
- from 23.12.2022 till 02.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Rhineland-Palatinate
- from 23.12.2022 till 06.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Bremen, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
- from 23.12.2022 till 07.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Schleswig-Holstein
- from 24.12.2022 till 07.01.2023 Christmas holidays/ vacation in Bavaria
Winter vacations (Winterferien)
- from 27.01.2023 till 27.01.2023 Winter vacations in Hamburg
- from 30.01.2023 till 31.01.2023 Winter vacations in Lower Saxony, Bremen
- from 30.01.2023 till 03.02.2023 Winter vacations in Brandenburg
- from 30.01.2023 till 04.02.2023 Winter vacations in Berlin
- from 06.02.2023 till 11.02.2023 Winter vacations in Saxony-Anhalt
- from 06.02.2023 till 18.02.2023 Winter vacations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- from 13.02.2023 till 17.02.2023 Winter vacations in Thuringia
- from 13.02.2023 till 24.02.2023 Winter vacations in Saxony
- from 20.02.2023 till 24.02.2023 Winter vacations in Saarland
Spring break (Osterferien/Frühjahrferien)
- from 06.03.2023 till 17.03.2023 Spring break in Hamburg
- from 27.03.2023 till 11.04.2023 Spring break in Bremen, Lower Saxony
- from 03.04.2023 till 06.04.2023 Spring break in Rhineland-Palatinate
- from 03.04.2023 till 08.04.2023 Spring break in Saxony-Anhalt
- from 03.04.2023 till 12.04.2023 Spring break in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland
- from 03.04.2023 till 14.04.2023 Spring break in Berlin, Brandenburg
- from 03.04.2023 till 15.04.2023 Spring break in Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia
- from 03.04.2023 till 22.04.2023 Spring break in Hesse
- from 06.04.2023 till 22.04.2023 Spring break in Schleswig-Holstein
- from 07.04.2023 till 15.04.2023 Spring break in Saxony
- from 11.04.2023 till 15.04.2023 Spring break in Baden-Württemberg
Ascension holidays (Himmelfahrt/Pfingstferien)
- from 15.05.2023 till 19.05.2023 Ascension holidays in Hamburg, Saxony-Anhalt
- from 19.05.2023 till 19.05.2023 Ascension holidays in Thuringia, Saxony
- from 19.05.2023 till 20.05.2023 Ascension holidays in Schleswig-Holstein
- from 26.05.2023 till 30.05.2023 Ascension holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- from 30.05.2023 till 30.05.2023 Ascension holidays in Berlin, Lower Saxony, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia
- from 30.05.2023 till 02.06.2023 Ascension holidays in Saarland
- from 30.05.2023 till 07.06.2023 Ascension holidays in Rhineland-Palatinate
- from 30.05.2023 till 09.06.2023 Ascension holidays in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
Summer vacations (Sommerferien)
- from 22.06.2023 till 04.08.2023 Summer vacations in North Rhine-Westphalia
- from 06.07.2023 till 16.08.2023 Summer vacations in Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
- from 10.07.2023 till 18.08.2023 Summer vacations in Saxony
- from 10.07.2023 till 19.08.2023 Summer vacations in Thuringia
- from 13.07.2023 till 23.08.2023 Summer vacations in Hamburg
- from 13.07.2023 till 25.08.2023 Summer vacations in Berlin
- from 13.07.2023 till 26.08.2023 Summer vacations in Brandenburg
- from 17.07.2023 till 26.08.2023 Summer vacations in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- from 24.07.2023 till 01.09.2023 Summer vacations in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
- from 27.07.2023 till 09.09.2023 Summer vacations in Baden-Württemberg
- from 31.07.2023 till 11.09.2023 Summer vacations in Bavaria
Autumn vacations (Herbstferien)
- from 02.10.2023 till 14.10.2023 Autumn vacations in Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia
- from 16.10.2023 till 27.10.2023 Autumn vacations in Hamburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein
- from 16.10.2023 till 30.10.2023 Autumn vacations in Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
- from 23.10.2023 till 28.10.2023 Autumn vacations in Hesse
- from 23.10.2023 till 03.11.2023 Autumn vacations in Saarland
- from 23.10.2023 till 04.11.2023 Autumn vacations in Berlin, Brandenburg
- from 30.10.2023 till 01.11.2023 Autumn vacations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- from 30.10.2023 till 03.11.2023 Autumn vacations in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
§ Information about popular holidays in Germany
To view complete information on/ about the state/ public as well as unofficial popular and religious holidays in Germany, go to the table with the information about holidays in Germany. In the table you will find the dates, customs, origin of the holidays, as well as popular greetings and wishes for the holidays.
- Holidays in Germany in January
- Holidays in Germany in February
- Holidays in Germany in March
- Holidays in Germany in April
- Holidays in Germany in May
- Holidays in Germany in June
- Holidays in Germany in July
- Holidays in Germany in August
- Holidays in Germany in September
- Holidays in Germany in October
- Holidays in Germany in November
- Holidays in Germany in December
However, note that in Germany, besides popular and generally accepted holidays, there are also many local domestic holidays, for example, holidays of cities, large enterprises and organizations, even holidays of streets or city districts. In addition, there are traditional holidays held in connection with the harvest of cherries, pumpkins and other fruits or vegetables, annual fairs and so on. Such holidays are noisy and merry, but they do not have fixed dates and are set annually by the organizers of the holidays. Information on holding such celebrations can be found on the Internet on the sites of the cities, districts or companies that are of interest to you.
- Calendar of vacations and holidays in Germany
- Calendars of holidays and vacations by land in Germany
- All holidays of Germany - list, dates, customs, greetings
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