National holidays of Germany in 2018
This page contains a calendar of all 2018 public holidays for Germany. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your state’s calendar.
| Day | Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Jan. 1, 2018 | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Jan. 1, 2018 | New Year's Day | |
| Saturday | Jan. 6, 2018 | Three Kings Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Saturday | Jan. 6, 2018 | Epiphany | |
| Monday | Jan. 22, 2018 | Franco-German Day | |
| Saturday | Jan. 27, 2018 | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | |
| Sunday | Jan. 28, 2018 | European Privacy Day | |
| Saturday | Feb. 10, 2018 | Children's Hospice Day | |
| Monday | Feb. 12, 2018 | Fasching | Fastnacht. Not a Public Holiday |
| Monday | Feb. 12, 2018 | Shrove Monday | |
| Tuesday | Feb. 13, 2018 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | |
| Wednesday | Feb. 14, 2018 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | |
| Wednesday | Feb. 14, 2018 | Valentine's Day | |
| Thursday | March 8, 2018 | International Women's Day | |
| Saturday | March 17, 2018 | St. Patrick's Day | |
| Tuesday | March 20, 2018 | March Equinox | |
| Sunday | March 25, 2018 | Palm Sunday | |
| Sunday | March 25, 2018 | Daylight Saving Time starts | |
| Thursday | March 29, 2018 | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | March 30, 2018 | Good Friday | |
| Friday | March 30, 2018 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
| Sunday | April 1, 2018 | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | April 2, 2018 | Easter Monday | |
| Monday | April 2, 2018 | Easter Monday | Monday after Easter Sunday |
| Monday | April 23, 2018 | German Beer Day | |
| Thursday | April 26, 2018 | Girls' Day - Career Information Day | |
| Monday | April 30, 2018 | Walpurgis Night | |
| Tuesday | May 1, 2018 | Labour Day | |
| Tuesday | May 1, 2018 | May Day | |
| Saturday | May 5, 2018 | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | |
| Tuesday | May 8, 2018 | Anniversary of the End of World War II | |
| Wednesday | May 9, 2018 | Europe Day (European Union) | |
| Thursday | May 10, 2018 | Father's Day | Celebrated on Ascension Day |
| Thursday | May 10, 2018 | Ascension Day | Himmelfahrt. 40 days after Easter |
| Thursday | May 10, 2018 | Ascension Day | |
| Thursday | May 10, 2018 | Father's Day | |
| Sunday | May 13, 2018 | Mother's Day | 2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday |
| Sunday | May 13, 2018 | Mother's Day | |
| Sunday | May 20, 2018 | Whit Sunday | |
| Monday | May 21, 2018 | Whit Monday | 7th Monday after Easter. Also Known as Pentecost Monday |
| Monday | May 21, 2018 | Whit Monday | |
| Wednesday | May 23, 2018 | Constitution Day | |
| Thursday | May 31, 2018 | Corpus Christi | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| Friday | June 1, 2018 | International Childrens' Day | |
| Sunday | June 3, 2018 | European Bicycle Day | |
| Wednesday | June 6, 2018 | Visually Impaired People Day | |
| Sunday | June 17, 2018 | Car-free Sunday | |
| Thursday | June 21, 2018 | June Solstice | |
| Saturday | June 23, 2018 | Architecture Day | |
| Wednesday | Aug. 8, 2018 | Peace Festival in Augsburg | |
| Wednesday | Aug. 15, 2018 | Assumption of Mary | |
| Wednesday | Aug. 15, 2018 | Assumption Day | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Saturday | Sept. 1, 2018 | World Peace Day | |
| Saturday | Sept. 8, 2018 | German Language Day | |
| Sunday | Sept. 9, 2018 | European Heritage Days | |
| Thursday | Sept. 20, 2018 | German World Children's Day | |
| Saturday | Sept. 22, 2018 | Oktoberfest | Start of Oktoberfest. Not a public holiday. |
| Sunday | Sept. 23, 2018 | September Equinox | |
| Saturday | Sept. 29, 2018 | German Food Bank Day | |
| Wednesday | Oct. 3, 2018 | German Unity Day | Celebrated on October 3rd |
| Wednesday | Oct. 3, 2018 | Day of German Unity | |
| Sunday | Oct. 7, 2018 | Harvest Festival | |
| Wednesday | Oct. 24, 2018 | Day of the Libraries | |
| Sunday | Oct. 28, 2018 | Daylight Saving Time ends | |
| Tuesday | Oct. 30, 2018 | World Thrift Day | |
| Wednesday | Oct. 31, 2018 | Day of Reformation | Several states |
| Wednesday | Oct. 31, 2018 | Halloween | |
| Thursday | Nov. 1, 2018 | All Saints' Day | |
| Thursday | Nov. 1, 2018 | All Saints' Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| Friday | Nov. 9, 2018 | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | |
| Friday | Nov. 9, 2018 | Fall of the Berlin Wall | |
| Sunday | Nov. 11, 2018 | St. Martin's Day | |
| Sunday | Nov. 18, 2018 | National Day of Mourning | |
| Wednesday | Nov. 21, 2018 | Repentance Day | Saxony. Wednesday before November 23 |
| Sunday | Nov. 25, 2018 | Sunday of the Dead | |
| Sunday | Dec. 2, 2018 | First Advent Sunday | |
| Thursday | Dec. 6, 2018 | Saint Nicholas Day | |
| Sunday | Dec. 9, 2018 | Second Advent Sunday | |
| Sunday | Dec. 16, 2018 | Third Advent Sunday | |
| Wednesday | Dec. 19, 2018 | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | |
| Friday | Dec. 21, 2018 | December Solstice | |
| Sunday | Dec. 23, 2018 | Fourth Advent Sunday | |
| Monday | Dec. 24, 2018 | Christmas Eve | |
| Tuesday | Dec. 25, 2018 | Christmas Day | |
| Tuesday | Dec. 25, 2018 | Christmas Day | |
| Wednesday | Dec. 26, 2018 | St. Stephen's Day | Second day of Christmas |
| Wednesday | Dec. 26, 2018 | Boxing Day | |
| Monday | Dec. 31, 2018 | New Year's Eve |
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