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Germany Public Holidays 2018

This page contains a national calendar of all 2018 public holidays for Germany. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your state’s calendar.

DateDayHolidayStates
1 JanMonNew Year's Day National
6 JanSatEpiphany BW, BY & ST
30 MarFriGood Friday National
1 AprSunEaster Sunday BB
2 AprMonEaster Monday National
1 MayTueLabour Day National
10 MayThuAscension Day National
20 MaySunWhit Sunday BB
21 MayMonWhit Monday National
31 MayThuCorpus Christi BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL,
SN & TH
15 AugWedAssumption Day BY & SL
3 OctWedDay of German Unity National
31 OctWedReformation Day National except BW, BY, BE, HE,
NW, RP & SL
1 NovThuAll Saints' Day BW, BY, NW, RP & SL
21 NovWedRepentance Day SN
25 DecTueChristmas Day National
26 DecWed2nd Day of Christmas National
Visit bund.de for the original release.

Note:
— Corpus Christi is only observed in certain regions in the states of Saxony and Thuringia.
— Assumption Day is only observed in predominantly Catholic communities in Bavaria.

Choose your state

Baden-WürttembergMecklenburg-Vorpommern
BavariaNorth Rhine-Westphalia
BerlinRhineland-Palatinate
BrandenburgSaarland
BremenSaxony-Anhalt
HamburgSaxony
HesseSchleswig-Holstein
Lower SaxonyThuringia