GERMAN HOLIDAYS

Legal Holidays in Germany

Neujahrstag     January 1    New Year's Day



Heilige Drei K­nige    January 6    Epiphany



Karfreitag    March/April    Good Friday



Ostersonntag    March/April    Easter Sunday



Ostermontag    March/April    Easter Monday



Tag der Arbeit    May 1    Labor Day



Christi Himmelfahrt    May/June    Ascension Day



Pfingstsonntag    May/June    Pentecost Sunday



Pfingstmontag    May/June    Pentecost Monday



Fronleichnam    May/June    Corpus Christi



Maria Himmelfahrt    August 15    Assumption Day



Tag der deutschen Einheit    October 3    Day of German Unity



Allerheiligen    November 1    All Saints Day



Weihnachtstag    December 25    Christmas Day



Weihnachtstag    December 26    Second Day of Christmas



Corpus Christi is a holiday only in the states of Baden-Württemberg,

Bavaria, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate; it is a

holiday in communities in Saxony and Thuringia which have a majority of

Catholic inhabitants.

Assumption Day is a holiday only in Bavaria (in predominantly Catholic

Communities) and Saarland.

Reformation Day is a holiday only in the states of Brandenburg,

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

All Saints Day is a holiday only in the states of Baden-Württemberg,

Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate and Saarland.

Repentence Day is a holiday only in the state of Saxony