| Name of Holiday |
Date |
English Translation |
| Neujahr |
1 January |
New Years Day |
| Drei Konige |
6 January |
Three Kings Day (in Catholic areas) |
| Karfreitag |
Friday before Easter |
Good Friday |
| Oster Montag |
Monday after Easter |
Easter Monday |
| 1. Maifeiertag |
1 May |
German Labor Day |
| Christi Himmelfahrt |
40 days after Easter |
Ascension Thursday |
| Pfingsten |
7th Sun. and Mon. after Easter |
Whit Sunday and Whit Monday |
| Fronleichnam |
Thursday after Trinity Sunday |
Corpus Christi |
| Maria Himmelfahrt |
15 August |
Assumption Day (in Bavaria and Saarland) |
| Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
3 October |
German Unity Day |
| Allerheiligen |
1 November |
All Saints Day (in Catholic areas) |
| Volkstrauertag |
2 Sundays before Nov. Advent |
National Day of Mourning |
| Weihnachten |
25 and 26 December |
Christmas |
