Public holidays in Germany 2027
In Germany there are 9 public holidays in 2027. 5 of them fall on a weekday, and the year has 256 working days.
Holidays
9
On weekdays
5
Working days
256
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January Friday | Friday | New Year’s Day |
| 26 March Friday | Friday | Good Friday |
| 29 March Monday | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 1 May Saturday | Saturday (weekend) | May Day |
| 6 May Thursday | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 17 May Monday | Monday | Whit Monday |
| 3 October Sunday | Sunday (weekend) | German Unity Day |
| 25 December Saturday | Saturday (weekend) | Christmas Day |
| 26 December Sunday | Sunday (weekend) | Boxing Day |
Bridge days
- Friday 7 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 Wednesday | Epiphany | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
| 8 March Monday | International Women’s Day | Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| 28 March Sunday | Easter Sunday | Brandenburg |
| 16 May Sunday | Whit Sunday | Brandenburg |
| 27 May Thursday | Corpus Christi | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| 15 August Sunday | Assumption Day | Saarland |
| 20 September Monday | World Children’s Day | Thuringia |
| 31 October Sunday | Reformation Day | Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia |
| 1 November Monday | All Saints’ Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| 17 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)