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Germany: public holidays by state

16 states and a page for the dates that apply nationwide. Pick one for its public holidays, working days and long weekends in 2026.

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Working days by state

Working days in each year of the window, and the public holidays that fall on a weekday in 2026. Each year links to that year's page.

State202620272028Weekday holidays 2026
Germany (nationwide) 254256252 7
Baden-Württemberg 252253249 9
Bavaria 252253249 9
Berlin 254255251 7
Brandenburg 254256251 7
Bremen 254256251 7
Hamburg 254256251 7
Hesse 253255251 8
Lower Saxony 254256251 7
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 254255250 7
North Rhine-Westphalia 253254250 8
Rhineland-Palatinate 253254250 8
Saarland 253254249 8
Saxony 253255250 8
Saxony-Anhalt 253255250 8
Schleswig-Holstein 254256251 7
Thuringia 254255250 7

Holidays in every state

Tools for Germany

About public holidays in Germany

Germany has no single national calendar of public holidays. Holidays are a matter for the sixteen states, which each pass their own holiday act. The federal government fixes only one date: German Unity Day on 3 October, which comes from the Unification Treaty of 1990. Every other day off exists because a state law says so, and the states have chosen different lists.

In practice nine days are shared by all sixteen states: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, German Unity Day, Christmas Day and the Second Day of Christmas (26 December). On top of these, each state adds between one and three more that apply statewide, and Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia add days that apply only in some municipalities. The extra days follow two traditions. Predominantly Catholic states in the south and west add Epiphany, Corpus Christi, All Saints' Day and, in some places, the Assumption. Predominantly Protestant states in the north and east add Reformation Day on 31 October. A few states have added days for other reasons, such as International Women's Day in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and World Children's Day in Thuringia.

Because of these additions, the number of working days depends on where an employee works, not on the country. The page marked as nationwide counts only the nine shared days, so it describes no actual employee's year. Use the page of the state where the workplace is. Each state page explains its own extra days and the exceptions that sit outside the count, such as holidays that apply only in some municipalities.

A public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is not moved to another day anywhere in Germany, and there is no statutory day in lieu. These counts follow that rule.

The Germany (nationwide) page counts only the dates that apply in every state.

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