Germany

Public holidays in Germany in 2020

Germany had 9 public holidays in 2020; 7 fall on weekdays. 11 more holidays are kept only in some regions.

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HolidaySome regions only

Long weekends and bridge days in 2020

  • Fri 10 Apr – Mon 13 Apr4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • Fri 1 May – Sun 3 May3 days off · Labour Day
  • Sat 30 May – Mon 1 Jun3 days off · Whit Monday
  • Fri 25 Dec – Sun 27 Dec3 days off · Christmas Day and Boxing Day
  • Bridge day: take Fri 22 May off, and Thu 21 May – Sun 24 May is 4 days off in a row (Ascension Day).

Counted with the weekend in Germany (Saturday and Sunday) and the holidays that apply everywhere: a long weekend is three or more days off in a row, and a bridge day is a single working day between a holiday and a weekend or another holiday.

All public holidays in Germany in 2020

DateHolidayTypeWhere
Wed 1 JanNew Year's DayNeujahrPublic holidayNationwide
Mon 6 JanEpiphanyHeilige Drei KönigePublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt
Sun 8 Maron a weekendInternational Women's DayInternationaler FrauentagPublic holidayBerlin
Fri 10 AprGood FridayKarfreitagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 12 Apron a weekendEaster SundayOstersonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 13 AprEaster MondayOstermontagPublic holidayNationwide
Fri 1 MayLabour DayMaifeiertagPublic holidayNationwide
Fri 8 MayLiberation Day (75th Anniversary)Tag der Befreiung (75. Jahrestag)Public holidayBerlin
Thu 21 MayAscension DayChristi HimmelfahrtPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 31 Mayon a weekendPentecostPfingstsonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 1 JunWhit MondayPfingstmontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 11 JunCorpus ChristiFronleichnamPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Sat 15 Augon a weekendAssumptionMariä HimmelfahrtPublic holidaySaarland
Sun 20 Septon a weekendInternational Children's DayWeltkindertagPublic holidayThüringen
Sat 3 Octon a weekendNational HolidayTag der Deutschen EinheitPublic holidayNationwide
Sat 31 Octon a weekendReformation DayReformationstagPublic holidayBrandenburg, Hansestadt Bremen, Hansestadt Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen
Sun 1 Novon a weekendAll Saints' DayAllerheiligenPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Wed 18 NovDay of Prayer and RepentanceBuß- und BettagPublic holidaySachsen
Thu 24 DecChristmas EveHeiliger AbendBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide
Fri 25 DecChristmas Day1. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Sat 26 Decon a weekendBoxing Day2. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 31 DecNew Year's EveSilvesterBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide

Good to know

  • Dates worked out from the date-holidays rules, version 3.37.0, and checked day by day against Nager.Date’s for 2026 to 2028.
  • 2020 wasn’t among the years checked; its dates follow the same rules.
  • Days marked “banks and offices closed” aren’t public holidays, but banks and many offices close.
  • A holiday declared at short notice, for an event or an election, may be missing.

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