German Holidays
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2024
| Jan. 1 | Monday | New Year’s Day (Neujahrstag) | all federal states |
| Jan. 6 | Saturday | Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige) | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Mar. 8 | Friday | International Women’s Day | Berlin, Mecklenburg-Pomerania |
| Mar. 29 | Friday | Good Friday (Karfreitag) | all federal states |
| Apr. 1 | Monday | Easter Monday (Ostermontag) | all federal states |
| May 1 | Wednesday | Labor Day (Maifeiertag) | all federal states |
| May 9 | Thursday | Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) | all federal states |
| May 20 | Monday | Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag) | all federal states |
| May 30 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Day (Fronleichnam) | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| Aug. 15 | Thursday | Assumption Day (Maria Himmelfahrt) | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Aug. 20 | Friday | World Children’s Day | Thuringia |
| Oct. 03 | Thursday | Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) | all federal states |
| Oct. 31 | Thursday | Reformation Day (Reformationstag) | Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Nov. 01 | Friday | All Saints Day (Allerheiligen) | Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland |
| Nov. 20 | Wednesday | Repentance Day (Buß- und Bettag) | Saxony |
| Dec. 25 | Wednesday | Christmas (1. Weihnachtstag) | all federal states |
| Dec. 26 | Thursday | 2nd Christmas Day (2. Weihnachtstag) | all federal states |