Public holidays in Germany 2025
Germany has 9 nationwide public holidays in 2025.
These are the 9 public holidays observed in every German state. Each state adds its own — choose yours below. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not public holidays anywhere in Germany.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 1 January Wednesday | New Year's Day Public holiday |
| 18 April Friday | Good Friday Public holiday |
| 21 April Monday | Easter Monday Public holiday |
| 1 May Thursday | Labour Day Public holiday |
| 29 May Thursday | Ascension Day Public holiday |
| 9 June Monday | Whit Monday Public holiday |
| 3 October Friday | German Unity Day Public holiday |
| 25 December Thursday | Christmas Day Public holiday |
| 26 December Friday | Second Day of Christmas Public holiday |
Other days in 2025
Not statutory days off, but worth knowing.
| Date | Holiday |
|---|---|
| 14 February Friday | Valentine's Day Observance |
| 27 February Thursday | Women's Carnival Day Observance |
| 3 March Monday | Shrove Monday Observance |
| 4 March Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday Observance |
| 5 March Wednesday | Ash Wednesday Observance |
| 17 April Thursday | Maundy Thursday Observance |
| 20 April Sunday | Easter Sunday Observance |
| 11 May Sunday | Mother's Day Observance |
| 8 June Sunday | Pentecost Observance |
| 1 November Saturday | All Saints' Day Observance |
| 2 November Sunday | All Souls' Day Observance |
| 11 November Tuesday | Saint Martin Observance |
| 16 November Sunday | Memorial Day Observance |
| 19 November Wednesday | Day of Prayer and Repentance Observance |
| 23 November Sunday | Totensonntag Observance |
| 30 November Sunday | 1. Advent Observance |
| 7 December Sunday | 2. Advent Observance |
| 14 December Sunday | 3. Advent Observance |
| 21 December Sunday | 4. Advent Observance |
| 24 December Wednesday | Christmas Eve Not a statutory day offNot a public holiday by law, though many shops and offices close early. |
| 31 December Wednesday | New Year's Eve Not a statutory day offNot a public holiday by law, though many shops and offices close early. |
States
Baden-Württemberg2025 holidaysBavaria2025 holidaysBerlin2025 holidaysBrandenburg2025 holidaysBremen2025 holidaysHamburg2025 holidaysHesse2025 holidaysMecklenburg-Western Pomerania2025 holidaysLower Saxony2025 holidaysNorth Rhine-Westphalia2025 holidaysRhineland-Palatinate2025 holidaysSaarland2025 holidaysSaxony2025 holidaysSaxony-Anhalt2025 holidaysSchleswig-Holstein2025 holidaysThuringia2025 holidays
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Holiday data from date-holidays by commenthol, based on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; our lists are shared under the same licence. Checked against the official source: www.hamburg.de. Holidays can change — confirm with your employer or an official source. All sources.