9National · 2026
Public Holidays in Germany 2026
In 2026 there are 9 national public holidays in Germany: 7 fall on a weekday, 5 make a three-day weekend and 2 a four-day one with a single day off. 10 more are kept in some regions.
9National
7on a weekday
5three days free
2one day off, four days free
- January
- 1New Year's Day
- February–
- March–
- April
- 3Good Friday
- 6Easter Monday
- May
- 1Labor Day
- 14Ascension Day
- 25Pentecost Monday
- June–
- July–
- August–
- September–
- October
- 3German Unity Day
- November–
- December
- 25Christmas Day
- 26Second Day of Christmas
Long weekends · 2026
three days free
3Apr
Good FridayFriday
6Apr
Easter MondayMonday
1May
Labor DayFriday
25May
Pentecost MondayMonday
25Dec
Christmas DayFriday
one day off, four days free
1Jan
New Year's DayThursday
14May
Ascension DayThursday
Regional holidays · 2026
Baden-Wurttemberg6 Jan Epiphany · 4 Jun Corpus Christi · 1 Nov All Saints' Day
3Bavaria6 Jan Epiphany · 4 Jun Corpus Christi · 1 Nov All Saints' Day
3Brandenburg5 Apr Easter Sunday · 24 May Pentecost · 31 Oct Reformation Day
3Bremen31 Oct Reformation Day
1Hamburg31 Oct Reformation Day
1Hesse4 Jun Corpus Christi
1Lower Saxony31 Oct Reformation Day
1Mecklenburg-Vorpommern8 Mar Women's Day · 31 Oct Reformation Day
2North Rhine-Westphalia4 Jun Corpus Christi · 1 Nov All Saints' Day
2Rheinland-Pfalz4 Jun Corpus Christi · 1 Nov All Saints' Day
2Saarland4 Jun Corpus Christi · 15 Aug Assumption Day · 1 Nov All Saints' Day
3Saxony31 Oct Reformation Day · 18 Nov Repentance and Prayer Day
2Saxony-Anhalt6 Jan Epiphany · 31 Oct Reformation Day
2Schleswig-Holstein31 Oct Reformation Day
1State of Berlin8 Mar Women's Day
1Thuringia20 Sept World Children's Day · 31 Oct Reformation Day
2Other countries · 2026
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