Holidays and Observances in Germany 2022

Sat, January 01, 2022
New Year's Day
Public holiday

Thu, January 06, 2022
Epiphany (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt

Mon, February 14, 2022
Valentine's Day
Observance

Mon, February 28, 2022
Shrove Monday
Observance

Tue, March 01, 2022
Carnival Tuesday
Observance

Wed, March 02, 2022
Carnival / Ash Wednesday
Observance

Tue, March 08, 2022
International Women's Day (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, March 27, 2022
Daylight Saving Time starts
Observance

Sun, April 10, 2022
Palm Sunday
Observance

Thu, April 14, 2022
Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)
Observance

Fri, April 15, 2022
Good Friday
Public holiday

Sat, April 16, 2022
Holy Saturday (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, April 17, 2022
Easter Sunday (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

Mon, April 18, 2022
Easter Monday
Public holiday

Sun, May 01, 2022
May Day
Public holiday

Sun, May 08, 2022
Mother's Day
Observance

Sun, May 08, 2022
Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)
Observance

Thu, May 26, 2022
Ascension Day
Public holiday

Thu, May 26, 2022
Father's Day
Observance

Sun, June 05, 2022
Whit Sunday (regional holiday)
Observance

Mon, June 06, 2022
Whit Monday
Public holiday

Thu, June 16, 2022
Corpus Christi (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

Mon, August 08, 2022
Peace Festival in Augsburg (Bavaria)
Public holiday in Bavaria

Mon, August 15, 2022
Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)
Observance

Tue, September 20, 2022
German World Children's Day (Thuringia)
Public holiday in Thuringia

Mon, October 03, 2022
Day of German Unity
Public holiday

Sun, October 30, 2022
Daylight Saving Time ends
Observance

Mon, October 31, 2022
Reformation Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen

Mon, October 31, 2022
Halloween
Observance

Tue, November 01, 2022
All Saints' Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland

Fri, November 11, 2022
St. Martin's Day
Observance

Sun, November 13, 2022
National Day of Mourning
Observance

Wed, November 16, 2022
Repentance Day (Saxony)
Public holiday in Saxony

Sun, November 20, 2022
Sunday of the Dead
Observance

Sun, November 27, 2022
First Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 04, 2022
Second Advent Sunday
Observance

Tue, December 06, 2022
Saint Nicholas Day
Observance

Sun, December 11, 2022
Third Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 18, 2022
Fourth Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 25, 2022
Christmas Day
Public holiday

Mon, December 26, 2022
Boxing Day
Public holiday