Holidays and Observances in Germany 2024

Mon, January 01, 2024
New Year's Day
Public holiday

Sat, January 06, 2024
Epiphany (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt

Mon, February 12, 2024
Shrove Monday
Observance

Tue, February 13, 2024
Carnival Tuesday
Observance

Wed, February 14, 2024
Carnival / Ash Wednesday
Observance

Wed, February 14, 2024
Valentine's Day
Observance

Fri, March 08, 2024
International Women's Day (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday
Observance

Thu, March 28, 2024
Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)
Observance

Fri, March 29, 2024
Good Friday
Public holiday

Sat, March 30, 2024
Holy Saturday (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, March 31, 2024
Daylight Saving Time starts
Observance

Sun, March 31, 2024
Easter Sunday (regional holiday)
Observance

Mon, April 01, 2024
Easter Monday
Public holiday

Wed, May 01, 2024
May Day
Public holiday

Wed, May 08, 2024
Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)
Observance

Thu, May 09, 2024
Fathers' Day
Observance

Thu, May 09, 2024
Ascension Day
Public holiday

Sun, May 12, 2024
Mothers' Day
Observance

Sun, May 19, 2024
Whit 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, May 20, 2024
Whit Monday
Public holiday

Thu, May 30, 2024
Corpus Christi (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

Thu, August 08, 2024
Peace Festival in Augsburg (Bavaria)
Public holiday in Bavaria

Thu, August 15, 2024
Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

Fri, September 20, 2024
German World Children's Day (Thuringia)
Public holiday in Thuringia

Thu, October 03, 2024
Day of German Unity
Public holiday

Sun, October 27, 2024
Daylight Saving Time ends
Observance

Thu, October 31, 2024
Reformation Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen

Thu, October 31, 2024
Halloween
Observance

Fri, November 01, 2024
All Saints' Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland

Mon, November 11, 2024
St. Martin's Day
Observance

Sun, November 17, 2024
National Day of Mourning
Observance

Wed, November 20, 2024
Repentance Day (Saxony)
Public holiday in Saxony

Sun, November 24, 2024
Sunday of the Dead
Observance

Sun, December 01, 2024
First Advent Sunday
Observance

Fri, December 06, 2024
Saint Nicholas Day
Observance

Sun, December 08, 2024
Second Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 15, 2024
Third Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 22, 2024
Fourth Advent Sunday
Observance

Wed, December 25, 2024
Christmas Day
Public holiday

Thu, December 26, 2024
Boxing Day
Public holiday