Germany

Public holidays in Germany in 2022

Germany had 9 public holidays in 2022; 6 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 2022

  • Fri 15 Apr – Mon 18 Apr4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • Sat 4 Jun – Mon 6 Jun3 days off · Whit Monday
  • Sat 1 Oct – Mon 3 Oct3 days off · National Holiday
  • Sat 24 Dec – Mon 26 Dec3 days off · Christmas Day and Boxing Day
  • Bridge day: take Fri 27 May off, and Thu 26 May – Sun 29 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 2022

DateHolidayTypeWhere
Sat 1 Janon a weekendNew Year's DayNeujahrPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 6 JanEpiphanyHeilige Drei KönigePublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt
Tue 8 MarInternational Women's DayInternationaler FrauentagPublic holidayBerlin
Fri 15 AprGood FridayKarfreitagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 17 Apron a weekendEaster SundayOstersonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 18 AprEaster MondayOstermontagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 1 Mayon a weekendLabour DayMaifeiertagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 26 MayAscension DayChristi HimmelfahrtPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 5 Junon a weekendPentecostPfingstsonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 6 JunWhit MondayPfingstmontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 16 JunCorpus ChristiFronleichnamPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Mon 15 AugAssumptionMariä HimmelfahrtPublic holidaySaarland
Tue 20 SeptInternational Children's DayWeltkindertagPublic holidayThüringen
Mon 3 OctNational HolidayTag der Deutschen EinheitPublic holidayNationwide
Mon 31 OctReformation DayReformationstagPublic holidayBrandenburg, Hansestadt Bremen, Hansestadt Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen
Tue 1 NovAll Saints' DayAllerheiligenPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Wed 16 NovDay of Prayer and RepentanceBuß- und BettagPublic holidaySachsen
Sat 24 DecChristmas EveHeiliger AbendBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide
Sun 25 Decon a weekendChristmas Day1. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Mon 26 DecBoxing Day2. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Sat 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.
  • 2022 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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