Public holidays in Germany 2026
In Germany there are 9 public holidays in 2026. 7 of them fall on a weekday, and the year has 254 working days.
Holidays
9
On weekdays
7
Working days
254
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January Thursday | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
| 3 April Friday | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 April Monday | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 1 May Friday | Friday | May Day |
| 14 May Thursday | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 25 May Monday | Monday | Whit Monday |
| 3 October Saturday | Saturday (weekend) | German Unity Day |
| 25 December Friday | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December Saturday | Saturday (weekend) | Boxing Day |
Bridge days
- Friday 2 January the day after New Year’s Day
- Friday 15 May the day after Ascension Day
Holidays in some regions only
These days are off only in part of the country. Choose a region in the working days calculator or the bridge days planner to count with them.
| Date | Holiday | Applies in |
|---|---|---|
| 6 January Tuesday | Epiphany | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
| 8 March Sunday | International Women’s Day | Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| 5 April Sunday | Easter Sunday | Brandenburg |
| 24 May Sunday | Whit Sunday | Brandenburg |
| 4 June Thursday | Corpus Christi | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| 15 August Saturday | Assumption Day | Saarland |
| 20 September Sunday | World Children’s Day | Thuringia |
| 31 October Saturday | Reformation Day | Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia |
| 1 November Sunday | All Saints’ Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| 18 November Wednesday | Day of Repentance and Prayer | Saxony |
Good to know
The list includes the holidays that apply throughout Germany. The states add their own, such as Epiphany in Bavaria and Reformation Day in several northern and eastern states. They are shown in the table above, and the working days calculator and the bridge days planner can count with a chosen state.
The same year in other countries
How it works
A public holiday is a day the law treats as a holiday. Eves, and days off that come only from collective agreements, are not counted.
Easter decides several of the holidays, depending on the country: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whitsun. By the church’s rule, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox on 21 March, so these days move between March and June from year to year.
A bridge day is a weekday between a holiday and the weekend, such as the Friday after Ascension Day. Taking that day off gives four days off in a row.
Working days are the weekdays of the year, Monday to Friday, less the holidays that fall on a weekday.
Sources
- Einigungsvertrag, Artikel 2 Absatz 2 – Tag der Deutschen Einheit (3. Oktober)
- Baden-Württemberg – Gesetz über die Sonntage und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – FTG)
- Bayern – Gesetz über den Schutz der Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – FTG)
- Berlin – Gesetz über die Sonn- und Feiertage (FeiertG BE)
- Brandenburg – Gesetz über die Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – FTG), § 2
- Bremen – Gesetz über die Sonn-, Gedenk- und Feiertage
- Hamburg – Gesetz über Sonntage, Feiertage, Gedenktage und Trauertage (Feiertagsgesetz)
- Hessisches Ministerium des Innern – Gesetzliche Feiertage (Hessisches Feiertagsgesetz)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Gesetz über Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – FTG M-V)
- Niedersachsen – Niedersächsisches Gesetz über die Feiertage (NFeiertagsG), § 2
- Nordrhein-Westfalen – Gesetz über die Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz NW), § 2
- Rheinland-Pfalz – Landesgesetz über den Schutz der Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – LFtG), § 2
- Saarland – Gesetz Nr. 1040 über die Sonn- und Feiertage (Feiertagsgesetz – SFG)
- Sachsen – Gesetz über Sonn- und Feiertage im Freistaat Sachsen (SächsSFG), § 1
- Sachsen-Anhalt – Gesetz über die Sonn- und Feiertage (FeiertG LSA)
- Schleswig-Holstein – Gesetz über Sonn- und Feiertage (SFTG)
- Thüringen – Thüringer Feier- und Gedenktagsgesetz (ThürFGtG)