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Public holidays, market closures and deadlines for Germany, with the evidence behind each date and the day it was last checked.

43
Observances
17
Subdivisions
2
Exchanges
1
Calendar system

The next public holiday in Germany is

German Unity Day

In 57 days

01:49 local time in Germany Working day Last: Whit Monday, 25 May 2026 · 74 days ago

Computed · local time Europe/Berlin

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Germany public holidays in 2026

9 national closures in 2026, of 43 observances held for the country. Subdivisions and the observed-but-open layer are not counted here.

DateObservanceEvidence
1 January 2026New Year's DayCorroborated
3 April 2026Good FridayCorroborated
6 April 2026Easter MondayCorroborated
1 May 2026Labour DayCorroborated
14 May 2026Ascension DayCorroborated
25 May 2026Whit MondayCorroborated
3 October 2026German Unity DayVerified
25 December 2026Christmas DayCorroborated
26 December 2026Second Christmas DayCorroborated

Long weekends in Germany, 2026

6 runs of three days or more, including the ones you only get by taking a single bridge day off. Weekends and national closures only.

WhenLengthBecause ofLeave
1 Jan – 4 Jan4 daysNew Year's Daytake Fri 2 Jan
3 Apr – 6 Apr4 daysGood Friday, Easter Mondayno leave needed
1 May – 3 May3 daysLabour Dayno leave needed
14 May – 17 May4 daysAscension Daytake Fri 15 May
23 May – 25 May3 daysWhit Mondayno leave needed
25 Dec – 27 Dec3 daysChristmas Day, Second Christmas Dayno leave needed

Next in each subdivision

17 subdivisions of Germany keep dates the national calendar does not. The next one in each is below — the full calendars are in the API.

SubdivisionNextObservance
Augsburg8 August 2026Augsburg High Peace Festival
Baden-Württemberg1 November 2026All Saints' Day
Bavaria15 August 2026Assumption Day
Berlin8 March 2027International Women's Day
Brandenburg31 October 2026Reformation Day
Bremen31 October 2026Reformation Day
Hamburg31 October 2026Reformation Day
Hesse27 May 2027Corpus Christi
Lower Saxony31 October 2026Reformation Day
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern31 October 2026Reformation Day
North Rhine-Westphalia1 November 2026All Saints' Day
Rhineland-Palatinate1 November 2026All Saints' Day
Saarland15 August 2026Assumption Day
Saxony31 October 2026Reformation Day
Saxony-Anhalt31 October 2026Reformation Day
Schleswig-Holstein31 October 2026Reformation Day
Thuringia20 September 2026International Children's Day

How Germany keeps time

Observances43 across the national calendar and 17 subdivisions
Evidence7 verified · 8 corroborated · 28 compiled, from 24 named sources
LanguagesGerman, English
Calendar systemsgregorian
ExchangesXETR, XFRA
Last reviewed2026-08-06

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