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
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