Germany

Public holidays in Germany in 2021

Germany had 9 public holidays in 2021; 5 fall on weekdays. 10 more holidays are kept only in some regions.

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HolidaySome regions only

Long weekends and bridge days in 2021

  • Fri 1 Jan – Sun 3 Jan3 days off · New Year's Day
  • Fri 2 Apr – Mon 5 Apr4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • Sat 22 May – Mon 24 May3 days off · Whit Monday
  • Bridge day: take Fri 14 May off, and Thu 13 May – Sun 16 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 2021

DateHolidayTypeWhere
Fri 1 JanNew Year's DayNeujahrPublic holidayNationwide
Wed 6 JanEpiphanyHeilige Drei KönigePublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt
Mon 8 MarInternational Women's DayInternationaler FrauentagPublic holidayBerlin
Fri 2 AprGood FridayKarfreitagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 4 Apron a weekendEaster SundayOstersonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 5 AprEaster MondayOstermontagPublic holidayNationwide
Sat 1 Mayon a weekendLabour DayMaifeiertagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 13 MayAscension DayChristi HimmelfahrtPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 23 Mayon a weekendPentecostPfingstsonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 24 MayWhit MondayPfingstmontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 3 JunCorpus ChristiFronleichnamPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Sun 15 Augon a weekendAssumptionMariä HimmelfahrtPublic holidaySaarland
Mon 20 SeptInternational Children's DayWeltkindertagPublic holidayThüringen
Sun 3 Octon a weekendNational HolidayTag der Deutschen EinheitPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 31 Octon a weekendReformation DayReformationstagPublic holidayBrandenburg, Hansestadt Bremen, Hansestadt Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen
Mon 1 NovAll Saints' DayAllerheiligenPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Wed 17 NovDay of Prayer and RepentanceBuß- und BettagPublic holidaySachsen
Fri 24 DecChristmas EveHeiliger AbendBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide
Sat 25 Decon a weekendChristmas Day1. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 26 Decon a weekendBoxing Day2. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Fri 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.
  • 2021 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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