Germany

Public holidays in Germany in 2025

Germany had 9 public holidays in 2025; 9 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 2025

  • Fri 18 Apr – Mon 21 Apr4 days off · Good Friday and Easter Monday
  • Sat 7 Jun – Mon 9 Jun3 days off · Whit Monday
  • Fri 3 Oct – Sun 5 Oct3 days off · National Holiday
  • Thu 25 Dec – Sun 28 Dec4 days off · Christmas Day and Boxing Day
  • Bridge day: take Fri 2 May off, and Thu 1 May – Sun 4 May is 4 days off in a row (Labour Day).
  • Bridge day: take Fri 30 May off, and Thu 29 May – Sun 1 Jun 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 2025

DateHolidayTypeWhere
Wed 1 JanNew Year's DayNeujahrPublic holidayNationwide
Mon 6 JanEpiphanyHeilige Drei KönigePublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern and Sachsen-Anhalt
Sat 8 Maron a weekendInternational Women's DayInternationaler FrauentagPublic holidayBerlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Fri 18 AprGood FridayKarfreitagPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 20 Apron a weekendEaster SundayOstersonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 21 AprEaster MondayOstermontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 1 MayLabour DayMaifeiertagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 8 MayLiberation Day (80th Anniversary)Tag der Befreiung (80. Jahrestag)Public holidayBerlin
Thu 29 MayAscension DayChristi HimmelfahrtPublic holidayNationwide
Sun 8 Junon a weekendPentecostPfingstsonntagPublic holidayBrandenburg
Mon 9 JunWhit MondayPfingstmontagPublic holidayNationwide
Thu 19 JunCorpus ChristiFronleichnamPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Fri 15 AugAssumptionMariä HimmelfahrtPublic holidaySaarland
Sat 20 Septon a weekendInternational Children's DayWeltkindertagPublic holidayThüringen
Fri 3 OctNational HolidayTag der Deutschen EinheitPublic holidayNationwide
Fri 31 OctReformation DayReformationstagPublic holidayBrandenburg, Hansestadt Bremen, Hansestadt Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Thüringen
Sat 1 Novon a weekendAll Saints' DayAllerheiligenPublic holidayBaden-Württemberg, Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland
Wed 19 NovDay of Prayer and RepentanceBuß- und BettagPublic holidaySachsen
Wed 24 DecChristmas EveHeiliger AbendBanks and offices close at 14:00Nationwide
Thu 25 DecChristmas Day1. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Fri 26 DecBoxing Day2. WeihnachtstagPublic holidayNationwide
Wed 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.
  • 2025 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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