National holidays of Germany in 2022
This page contains a calendar of all 2022 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Jan. 1, 2022 | New Year's Day | |
| Thursday | Jan. 6, 2022 | Epiphany | |
| Saturday | Jan. 22, 2022 | Franco-German Day | |
| Thursday | Jan. 27, 2022 | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | |
| Friday | Jan. 28, 2022 | European Privacy Day | |
| Thursday | Feb. 10, 2022 | Children's Hospice Day | |
| Monday | Feb. 14, 2022 | Valentine's Day | |
| Monday | Feb. 28, 2022 | Shrove Monday | |
| Tuesday | March 1, 2022 | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | |
| Wednesday | March 2, 2022 | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | |
| Tuesday | March 8, 2022 | International Women's Day | |
| Thursday | March 17, 2022 | St. Patrick's Day | |
| Sunday | March 20, 2022 | March Equinox | |
| Sunday | March 27, 2022 | Daylight Saving Time starts | |
| Sunday | April 10, 2022 | Palm Sunday | |
| Thursday | April 14, 2022 | Maundy Thursday | |
| Friday | April 15, 2022 | Good Friday | |
| Sunday | April 17, 2022 | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | April 18, 2022 | Easter Monday | |
| Saturday | April 23, 2022 | German Beer Day | |
| Thursday | April 28, 2022 | Girls' Day - Career Information Day | |
| Saturday | April 30, 2022 | Walpurgis Night | |
| Sunday | May 1, 2022 | May Day | |
| Thursday | May 5, 2022 | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | |
| Sunday | May 8, 2022 | Mother's Day | |
| Sunday | May 8, 2022 | Anniversary of the End of World War II | |
| Monday | May 9, 2022 | Europe Day (European Union) | |
| Monday | May 23, 2022 | Constitution Day | |
| Thursday | May 26, 2022 | Ascension Day | |
| Thursday | May 26, 2022 | Father's Day | |
| Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | International Childrens' Day | |
| Friday | June 3, 2022 | European Bicycle Day | |
| Sunday | June 5, 2022 | Whit Sunday | |
| Monday | June 6, 2022 | Whit Monday | |
| Monday | June 6, 2022 | Visually Impaired People Day | |
| Thursday | June 16, 2022 | Corpus Christi | |
| Sunday | June 19, 2022 | Car-free Sunday | |
| Tuesday | June 21, 2022 | June Solstice | |
| Saturday | June 25, 2022 | Architecture Day | |
| Monday | Aug. 8, 2022 | Peace Festival in Augsburg | |
| Monday | Aug. 15, 2022 | Assumption of Mary | |
| Thursday | Sept. 1, 2022 | World Peace Day | |
| Saturday | Sept. 10, 2022 | German Language Day | |
| Sunday | Sept. 11, 2022 | European Heritage Days | |
| Tuesday | Sept. 20, 2022 | German World Children's Day | |
| Friday | Sept. 23, 2022 | September Equinox | |
| Sunday | Oct. 2, 2022 | Harvest Festival | |
| Monday | Oct. 3, 2022 | Day of German Unity | |
| Sunday | Oct. 9, 2022 | Grandparents' Day | |
| Monday | Oct. 24, 2022 | Day of the Libraries | |
| Friday | Oct. 28, 2022 | World Thrift Day | |
| Sunday | Oct. 30, 2022 | Daylight Saving Time ends | |
| Monday | Oct. 31, 2022 | Reformation Day | |
| Monday | Oct. 31, 2022 | Halloween | |
| Tuesday | Nov. 1, 2022 | All Saints' Day | |
| Wednesday | Nov. 9, 2022 | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | |
| Wednesday | Nov. 9, 2022 | Fall of the Berlin Wall | |
| Friday | Nov. 11, 2022 | St. Martin's Day | |
| Sunday | Nov. 13, 2022 | National Day of Mourning | |
| Wednesday | Nov. 16, 2022 | Repentance Day | |
| Sunday | Nov. 20, 2022 | Sunday of the Dead | |
| Sunday | Nov. 27, 2022 | First Advent Sunday | |
| Sunday | Dec. 4, 2022 | Second Advent Sunday | |
| Tuesday | Dec. 6, 2022 | Saint Nicholas Day | |
| Sunday | Dec. 11, 2022 | Third Advent Sunday | |
| Sunday | Dec. 18, 2022 | Fourth Advent Sunday | |
| Monday | Dec. 19, 2022 | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | |
| Wednesday | Dec. 21, 2022 | December Solstice | |
| Saturday | Dec. 24, 2022 | Christmas Eve | |
| Sunday | Dec. 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | |
| Monday | Dec. 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | |
| Saturday | Dec. 31, 2022 | New Year's Eve |
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