Germany public holidays 2026

Germany 2026

The calendar above is already set to Germany holidays for 2026, ready to download as a PDF. Below is the full list, the weekday each holiday falls on, and the long weekends they create.

How holidays work in Germany

All 19 public holidays

DateDayHoliday
January 1ThursdayNew Year's Day
January 6TuesdayEpiphany3 federal states
March 8SundayInternational Women's DayBerlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
April 3FridayGood Friday
April 5SundayEaster SundayBrandenburg
April 6MondayEaster Monday
May 1FridayLabour Day
May 14ThursdayAscension Day
May 24SundayPentecostBrandenburg
May 25MondayWhit Monday
June 4ThursdayCorpus Christi6 federal states
August 15SaturdayAssumption DaySaarland
September 20SundayWorld Children's DayThuringia
October 3SaturdayGerman Unity Day
October 31SaturdayReformation Day9 federal states
November 1SundayAll Saints' Day5 federal states
November 18WednesdayRepentance and Prayer DaySaxony
December 25FridayChristmas Day
December 26SaturdaySt. Stephen's Day

These are the dates as officially observed. Where a country moves a day off because the holiday itself falls at a weekend, the moved date is the one shown, which is why a date here can differ from the traditional one. 10 of these apply to some regions rather than the whole country; the generator can narrow the calendar to one region so only the days off that actually apply are printed.

Long weekends in 2026

Stretches of three or more days off in a row, counting weekends and nationwide public holidays together. Holidays that apply only to some regions are left out, since they would not give most people the day off.

DatesDaysBecause of
April 3 – April 64Good Friday, Easter Monday
May 1 – May 33Labour Day
May 23 – May 253Whit Monday
December 25 – December 273Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day

Holidays that fall at a weekend

9 holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, and Germany does not shift them to a weekday:

Print it

The generator at the top of this page marks every holiday listed here. The calendar language is a separate setting, so you can print Germany holidays with month names in any of 58 languages — or switch the holidays off and keep a plain calendar.

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