National holidays of Germany in 2019
This page contains a calendar of all 2019 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 |
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Tuesday | Jan. 1, 2019 | New Year's Day | |
Tuesday | Jan. 1, 2019 | New Year's Day | |
Sunday | Jan. 6, 2019 | Three Kings' Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
Sunday | Jan. 6, 2019 | Epiphany | |
Tuesday | Jan. 22, 2019 | Franco-German Day | |
Sunday | Jan. 27, 2019 | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | |
Monday | Jan. 28, 2019 | European Privacy Day | |
Sunday | Feb. 10, 2019 | Children's Hospice Day | |
Thursday | Feb. 14, 2019 | Valentine's Day | |
Monday | March 4, 2019 | Shrove Monday | |
Monday | March 4, 2019 | Fasching | Fastnacht. Not a Public Holiday |
Tuesday | March 5, 2019 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | |
Wednesday | March 6, 2019 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | |
Friday | March 8, 2019 | International Women's Day | |
Sunday | March 17, 2019 | St. Patrick's Day | |
Wednesday | March 20, 2019 | March Equinox | |
Thursday | March 28, 2019 | Girls' Day - Career Information Day | |
Sunday | March 31, 2019 | Daylight Saving Time starts | |
Sunday | April 14, 2019 | Palm Sunday | |
Thursday | April 18, 2019 | Maundy Thursday | |
Friday | April 19, 2019 | Good Friday | |
Friday | April 19, 2019 | Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday |
Sunday | April 21, 2019 | Easter Sunday | |
Monday | April 22, 2019 | Easter Monday | |
Monday | April 22, 2019 | Easter Monday | Monday after Easter Sunday |
Tuesday | April 23, 2019 | German Beer Day | |
Tuesday | April 30, 2019 | Walpurgis Night | |
Wednesday | May 1, 2019 | Labour Day | |
Wednesday | May 1, 2019 | May Day | |
Sunday | May 5, 2019 | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | |
Wednesday | May 8, 2019 | Anniversary of the End of World War II | |
Thursday | May 9, 2019 | Europe Day (European Union) | |
Sunday | May 12, 2019 | Mother's Day | 2nd Sunday in May. Not a public holiday |
Sunday | May 12, 2019 | Mother's Day | |
Thursday | May 23, 2019 | Constitution Day | |
Thursday | May 30, 2019 | Father's Day | Celebrated on Ascension Day |
Thursday | May 30, 2019 | Ascension Day | Himmelfahrt. 40 days after Easter |
Thursday | May 30, 2019 | Father's Day | |
Thursday | May 30, 2019 | Ascension Day | |
Saturday | June 1, 2019 | International Childrens' Day | |
Monday | June 3, 2019 | European Bicycle Day | |
Thursday | June 6, 2019 | Visually Impaired People Day | |
Sunday | June 9, 2019 | Whit Sunday | |
Monday | June 10, 2019 | Whit Monday | |
Monday | June 10, 2019 | Whit Monday | 7th Monday after Easter. Also Known as Pentecost Monday |
Sunday | June 16, 2019 | Car-free Sunday | |
Thursday | June 20, 2019 | Corpus Christi | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
Friday | June 21, 2019 | June Solstice | |
Saturday | June 29, 2019 | Architecture Day | |
Thursday | Aug. 8, 2019 | Peace Festival in Augsburg | |
Thursday | Aug. 15, 2019 | Assumption Day | Bavaria, Saarland |
Thursday | Aug. 15, 2019 | Assumption of Mary | |
Sunday | Sept. 1, 2019 | World Peace Day | |
Sunday | Sept. 8, 2019 | European Heritage Days | |
Saturday | Sept. 14, 2019 | German Language Day | |
Friday | Sept. 20, 2019 | German World Children's Day | |
Saturday | Sept. 21, 2019 | Oktoberfest | Start of Oktoberfest. Not a public holiday. |
Monday | Sept. 23, 2019 | September Equinox | |
Saturday | Sept. 28, 2019 | German Food Bank Day | |
Thursday | Oct. 3, 2019 | German Unity Day | Celebrated on October 3rd |
Thursday | Oct. 3, 2019 | Day of German Unity | |
Sunday | Oct. 6, 2019 | Harvest Festival | |
Sunday | Oct. 13, 2019 | Grandparents' Day | |
Thursday | Oct. 24, 2019 | Day of the Libraries | |
Sunday | Oct. 27, 2019 | Daylight Saving Time ends | |
Wednesday | Oct. 30, 2019 | World Thrift Day | |
Thursday | Oct. 31, 2019 | Day of Reformation | Several states |
Thursday | Oct. 31, 2019 | Halloween | |
Friday | Nov. 1, 2019 | All Saints' Day | |
Friday | Nov. 1, 2019 | All Saints' Day | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
Saturday | Nov. 9, 2019 | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | |
Saturday | Nov. 9, 2019 | Fall of the Berlin Wall | |
Monday | Nov. 11, 2019 | St. Martin's Day | |
Sunday | Nov. 17, 2019 | National Day of Mourning | |
Wednesday | Nov. 20, 2019 | Repentance Day | |
Wednesday | Nov. 20, 2019 | Repentance Day | Saxony. Wednesday before November 23 |
Sunday | Nov. 24, 2019 | Sunday of the Dead | |
Sunday | Dec. 1, 2019 | First Advent Sunday | |
Friday | Dec. 6, 2019 | Saint Nicholas Day | |
Sunday | Dec. 8, 2019 | Second Advent Sunday | |
Sunday | Dec. 15, 2019 | Third Advent Sunday | |
Thursday | Dec. 19, 2019 | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | |
Sunday | Dec. 22, 2019 | December Solstice | |
Sunday | Dec. 22, 2019 | Fourth Advent Sunday | |
Tuesday | Dec. 24, 2019 | Christmas Eve | |
Wednesday | Dec. 25, 2019 | Christmas Day | |
Wednesday | Dec. 25, 2019 | Christmas Day | |
Thursday | Dec. 26, 2019 | St. Stephen's Day | Second day of Christmas |
Thursday | Dec. 26, 2019 | Boxing Day | |
Tuesday | Dec. 31, 2019 | New Year's Eve |
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