Public holidays and school holidays in Germany

Overview of public, church and national holidays in all German states with school holidays and bridging days. For national holidays and school holidays there are also individual overviews by holiday type and for the entire country.

Upcoming Public Holidays

Public holiday Date States
Maundy Thursday 02.04.2026 (Thursday) BW BW
Good Friday 03.04.2026 (Friday) (all) (all)
Easter Monday 06.04.2026 (Monday) (all) (all)
May Day 01.05.2026 (Friday) (all) (all)
Ascension of Jesus 14.05.2026 (Thursday) (all) (all)
Whit Monday 25.05.2026 (Monday) (all) (all)
Corpus Christi 04.06.2026 (Thursday) BW, Bavaria, Hesse, NRW, RLP, Saarland, Saxony, Thuringia BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL, SN, TH
Augsburg Peace Festival 08.08.2026 (Saturday) Bavaria BY
Assumption of Mary 15.08.2026 (Saturday) Bavaria, Saarland BY, SL
German Unity Day 03.10.2026 (Saturday) (all) (all)
Reformation Day 31.10.2026 (Saturday) BW, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, MP, Lower Saxony, Saxony, ST, SH, Thuringia BW, BB, HB, HH, MP, NI, SN, ST, SH, TH

Upcoming School Holidays

Type Start date End date
Easter holidays in Hamburg 02.03.2026 13.03.2026
Easter holidays in Lower Saxony 23.03.2026 07.04.2026
Easter holidays in Bremen 23.03.2026 07.04.2026
Easter holidays in Schleswig-Holstein 26.03.2026 10.04.2026
Easter holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia 30.03.2026 11.04.2026
Easter holidays in Rhineland-Palatinate 30.03.2026 10.04.2026
Easter holidays in Saxony-Anhalt 30.03.2026 04.04.2026
Easter holidays in Baden-Württemberg 30.03.2026 11.04.2026
Easter holidays in Bavaria 30.03.2026 10.04.2026
Easter holidays in Hesse 30.03.2026 10.04.2026

Holidays by State

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School Holidays by State

Baden-Württembergchevron_right Bavariachevron_right Berlinchevron_right Brandenburgchevron_right Bremenchevron_right Hamburgchevron_right Hessechevron_right Mecklenburg-Western Pomeraniachevron_right Lower Saxonychevron_right North Rhine-Westphaliachevron_right Rhineland-Palatinatechevron_right Saarlandchevron_right Saxonychevron_right Saxony-Anhaltchevron_right Schleswig-Holsteinchevron_right Thuringiachevron_right