Holiday Overlap
🇩🇪 Germany Public Holidays 2026
Use this Germany public holiday calendar to plan around national and state-level holiday differences. It is especially useful for manufacturing, logistics, finance, and European project teams.
Germany Holiday Calendar 2026
The table below lists national public holidays for Germany in 2026, including the observed date, weekday, and whether the date falls on a weekend. Use it as a first planning layer before checking regional, employer-specific, or legal requirements.
| Date | Holiday | Weekend? | Planning note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1Thursday | New Year's Day (Neujahr) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| Apr 3Friday | Good Friday (Karfreitag) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| Apr 6Monday | Easter Monday (Ostermontag) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| May 1Friday | Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| May 14Thursday | Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| May 25Monday | Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| Oct 3Saturday | German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| Dec 25Friday | Christmas Day (Erster Weihnachtstag) | No | National public holiday listed for Germany |
| Dec 26Saturday | St. Stephen's Day (Zweiter Weihnachtstag) | Yes | National public holiday listed for Germany |
How to Use This Germany Holiday Calendar
This page is designed for EU business scheduling, regional-state holiday awareness, manufacturing, and payroll planning. Start by marking the national public holidays above in your planning calendar, then compare Germany with the countries where your colleagues, customers, vendors, or travel partners are located.
For travelers, public holidays can affect government offices, banks, museums, restaurants, transportation, and hotel demand. A holiday that creates a long weekend can be a great time to experience local celebrations, but it can also mean higher prices and reduced service availability.
For global teams, the most important distinction is between a holiday that only affects Germany and an overlapping holiday that affects another country at the same time. Country-specific holidays create coverage gaps; overlapping holidays create organization-wide quiet periods that can be useful for maintenance windows or no-deadline weeks.
Regional and Observed-Date Notes
Germany has national public holidays and state-level holidays. Bavaria, Baden-Wurttemberg, Saxony, and other states can differ from the federal baseline, so countrywide planning should include the state where work happens.
Observed dates can also shift when a holiday falls on a weekend or when a government announces a substitute day. For payroll, legal, banking, school, or travel decisions, verify the final date with an official local source or a qualified provider before acting.
Compare Germany With Other Countries
Use these comparisons to see which Germany public holidays overlap with another country and which dates are unique to one side of the calendar.
Holiday data is primarily sourced from the Nager.Date open-source holiday database and supplemented with official government calendar references where available. Always verify critical dates with official sources before making business, legal, payroll, or travel decisions.