Germany public holidays 2026

Use this page to check official public holiday dates in Germany. Data is served live from Google Calendar using the DE country code.

DE Single main time zone Reference city: Berlin

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Holiday List

42 public holidays listed for Germany

Dates are grouped by schedule so you can quickly scan upcoming holidays.

Thursday, January 1, 2026

New Year's Day

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Epiphany (regional holiday)

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Valentine's Day

Monday, February 16, 2026

Shrove Monday

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Carnival Tuesday

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Carnival / Ash Wednesday

Sunday, March 8, 2026

International Women's Day (regional holiday)

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Daylight Saving Time starts

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Palm Sunday

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Maundy Thursday (regional holiday)

Friday, April 3, 2026

Good Friday

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Holy Saturday (regional holiday)

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Easter Sunday (regional holiday)

Monday, April 6, 2026

Easter Monday

Friday, May 1, 2026

May Day

Friday, May 8, 2026

Anniversary of the End of World War II (regional holiday)

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Mother’s Day

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Ascension Day

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Father’s Day

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Whit Sunday (regional holiday)

Monday, May 25, 2026

Whit Monday

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Corpus Christi (regional holiday)

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Assumption of Mary (regional holiday)

Sunday, September 20, 2026

German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Day of German Unity

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Daylight Saving Time ends

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Halloween

Saturday, October 31, 2026

Reformation Day (regional holiday)

Sunday, November 1, 2026

All Saints' Day (regional holiday)

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

St. Martin's Day

Sunday, November 15, 2026

National Day of Mourning

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Repentance Day (Saxony)

Sunday, November 22, 2026

Sunday of the Dead

Sunday, November 29, 2026

First Advent Sunday

Sunday, December 6, 2026

Saint Nicholas Day