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Public Holidays

The following public holidays are observed in the whole of Germany:

Holiday	Date
New Years’ Day	1 January
Good Friday	Friday before Easter
Easter Sunday / Easter Monday	end of March / beginning of April
International Labour Day	1 May
Ascension Day	Thursday, 10 days before Whitsun (Pentecost)
Whit Sunday / Whit Monday	in June
German Unification Day	3 October
Christmas Eve	24 December (afternoon)
Christmas Day / Boxing Day	25 and 26 December
New Year’s Eve	31 December (afternoon)

The following public holidays are only observed in certain Federal States:

Holiday	Date
Epiphany	6 January
Corpus Christi	2nd Thursday after Whitsun (June)
Assumption Day	15 August
Reformation Day	31 October
All Hallows’ Day	1 November
Repentance Day	3rd Wednesday in November

Karneval

Particularly in the Rheinland and in Mainz, February and March are known as the “fi fth season”. This is when “Karneval” is celebrated. In the strongholds of carnival most employers give their staff a couple of extra days’ holiday. “Weiberfastnacht” (Women’s Carnival Day) warrants an afternoon and “Rosenmontag” (Carnival Monday) an entire day.

Visit the following websites for an overview of the current public holiday dates and school holiday dates organised according to Federal State:

www.feiertage.net

www.ferienkalender.com

https://www.schulferien-online.de/