Germany

Public holidays in Germany in 2024

Germany had 9 public holidays in 2024; 9 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 2024

  • Sat, 30 Dec 2023 – Mon, 1 Jan 20243 days off · New Year's Day
  • Fri 29 Mar – Mon 1 Apr4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • Sat 18 May – Mon 20 May3 days off · Whit Monday
  • Bridge day: take Fri 10 May off, and Thu 9 May – Sun 12 May is 4 days off in a row (Ascension Day).
  • Bridge day: take Fri 4 Oct off, and Thu 3 Oct – Sun 6 Oct is 4 days off in a row (National Holiday).
  • Bridge day: take Fri 27 Dec off, and Wed 25 Dec – Sun 29 Dec is 5 days off in a row (Christmas Day and Boxing 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 2024

DateHolidayTypeWhere
Mon 1 JanNew Year's DayNeujahrPublic holidayNationwide
Sat 6 Janon a weekendEpiphanyHeilige Drei KönigePublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt
Fri 8 MarInternational Women's DayInternationaler FrauentagPublic holidayBerlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Fri 29 MarGood FridayKarfreitagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 31 Maron a weekendEaster SundayOstersonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 1 AprEaster MondayOstermontagPublic holidayNationwide
Wed 1 MayLabour DayMaifeiertagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 9 MayAscension DayChristi HimmelfahrtPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 19 Mayon a weekendPentecostPfingstsonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 20 MayWhit MondayPfingstmontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 30 MayCorpus ChristiFronleichnamPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Thu 15 AugAssumptionMariä HimmelfahrtPublic holidaySaarland
Fri 20 SeptInternational Children's DayWeltkindertagPublic holidayThüringen
Thu 3 OctNational HolidayTag der Deutschen EinheitPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 31 OctReformation DayReformationstagPublic holidayBrandenburg, Hansestadt Bremen, Hansestadt Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen
Fri 1 NovAll Saints' DayAllerheiligenPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Wed 20 NovDay of Prayer and RepentanceBuß- und BettagPublic holidaySachsen
Tue 24 DecChristmas EveHeiliger AbendBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide
Wed 25 DecChristmas Day1. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 26 DecBoxing Day2. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Tue 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.
  • 2024 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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