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Calendar 2026–2030 · 16 federal states

Public and school holidays in Germany 2026

9 public holidays are kept everywhere in Germany. The rest are not, and neither are the school terms: each federal state sets its own. Choose one for its own calendar, its holidays with their weekdays, and the bridge days around them.

16federal states
9everywhere
10–13per federal state
Map of Germany — choose a region for its own dates Bavaria Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Baden-Württemberg Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Saxony-Anhalt Hesse Rhineland-Palatinate Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia Saarland Berlin Hamburg Bremen BavariaLower SaxonyNorth Rhine-WestphaliaBaden-WürttembergBrandenburgMecklenburg-WesternPomeraniaSaxony-AnhaltHesseRhineland-PalatinateSaxonySchleswig-HolsteinThuringiaSaarlandBerlinHamburgBremen

Holidays by federal state

Germany does not keep the same calendar everywhere — choose a federal state for its own dates

Baden-Württemberg12 Bavaria13 Berlin10 Brandenburg12 Bremen10 Hamburg10 Hesse10 Lower Saxony10 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania11 North Rhine-Westphalia11 Rhineland-Palatinate11 Saarland12 Saxony11 Saxony-Anhalt11 Schleswig-Holstein10 Thuringia11

Which holidays fall where in 2026

Everywhere

9 days

  • 1 JanThursday
  • 3 AprFriday
  • 6 AprMonday
  • 1 MayFriday
  • 14 MayThursday
  • 25 MayMonday
  • 3 OctSaturday
  • 25 DecFriday
  • 26 DecSaturday

Not everywhere

10 days

  • 6 JanTuesdayBaden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt
  • 8 MarSundayBerlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 5 AprSundayBrandenburg
  • 24 MaySundayBrandenburg
  • 4 JunThursdayBaden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
  • 15 AugSaturdayBavaria, Saarland
  • 20 SepSundayThuringia
  • 31 OctSaturdayBrandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
  • 1 NovSundayBaden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
  • 18 NovWednesdaySaxony