Holidays and Observances in Germany 2025

Wed, January 01, 2025
New Year's Day
Public holiday

Mon, January 06, 2025
Epiphany (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt

Fri, February 14, 2025
Valentine's Day
Observance

Mon, March 03, 2025
Shrove Monday
Observance

Tue, March 04, 2025
Carnival Tuesday
Observance

Wed, March 05, 2025
Carnival / Ash Wednesday
Observance

Sat, March 08, 2025
International Women's Day (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, March 30, 2025
Daylight Saving Time starts
Observance

Sun, April 13, 2025
Palm Sunday
Observance

Thu, April 17, 2025
Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)
Observance

Fri, April 18, 2025
Good Friday
Public holiday

Sat, April 19, 2025
Holy Saturday (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, April 20, 2025
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 21, 2025
Easter Monday
Public holiday

Thu, May 01, 2025
May Day
Public holiday

Thu, May 08, 2025
Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)
Observance

Sun, May 11, 2025
Mothers' Day
Observance

Thu, May 29, 2025
Ascension Day
Public holiday

Thu, May 29, 2025
Fathers' Day
Observance

Sun, June 08, 2025
Whit Sunday (regional holiday)
Observance

Mon, June 09, 2025
Whit Monday
Public holiday

Thu, June 19, 2025
Corpus Christi (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

Fri, August 08, 2025
Peace Festival in Augsburg (Bavaria)
Public holiday in Bavaria

Fri, August 15, 2025
Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Bavaria, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia

Sat, September 20, 2025
German World Children's Day (Thuringia)
Public holiday in Thuringia

Fri, October 03, 2025
Day of German Unity
Public holiday

Sun, October 26, 2025
Daylight Saving Time ends
Observance

Fri, October 31, 2025
Reformation Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Bremen

Fri, October 31, 2025
Halloween
Observance

Sat, November 01, 2025
All Saints' Day (regional holiday)
Public holiday in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland

Tue, November 11, 2025
St. Martin's Day
Observance

Sun, November 16, 2025
National Day of Mourning
Observance

Wed, November 19, 2025
Repentance Day (Saxony)
Public holiday in Saxony

Sun, November 23, 2025
Sunday of the Dead
Observance

Sun, November 30, 2025
First Advent Sunday
Observance

Sat, December 06, 2025
Saint Nicholas Day
Observance

Sun, December 07, 2025
Second Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 14, 2025
Third Advent Sunday
Observance

Sun, December 21, 2025
Fourth Advent Sunday
Observance

Thu, December 25, 2025
Christmas Day
Public holiday

Fri, December 26, 2025
Boxing Day
Public holiday