National holidays of Germany in 2026

This page contains a calendar of all 2026 public holidays for Germany. These dates may be modified as official changes are announced, so please check back regularly for updates. Scroll down to view the national list or choose your state’s calendar.

Day	Date	Holiday
Thursday	Jan. 1, 2026	New Year's Day
Tuesday	Jan. 6, 2026	Epiphany
Thursday	Jan. 22, 2026	Franco-German Day
Tuesday	Jan. 27, 2026	Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism
Wednesday	Jan. 28, 2026	European Privacy Day
Tuesday	Feb. 10, 2026	Children's Hospice Day
Saturday	Feb. 14, 2026	Valentine's Day
Monday	Feb. 16, 2026	Shrove Monday
Tuesday	Feb. 17, 2026	Carnival / Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday	Feb. 18, 2026	Carnival / Ash Wednesday
Sunday	March 8, 2026	International Women's Day
Tuesday	March 17, 2026	St. Patrick's Day
Friday	March 20, 2026	March Equinox
Sunday	March 29, 2026	Palm Sunday
Sunday	March 29, 2026	Daylight Saving Time starts
Thursday	April 2, 2026	Maundy Thursday
Friday	April 3, 2026	Good Friday
Sunday	April 5, 2026	Easter Sunday
Monday	April 6, 2026	Easter Monday
Thursday	April 23, 2026	German Beer Day
Thursday	April 23, 2026	Girls' Day - Career Information Day
Thursday	April 30, 2026	Walpurgis Night
Friday	May 1, 2026	May Day
Tuesday	May 5, 2026	Europe Day (Council of Europe)
Friday	May 8, 2026	Anniversary of the End of World War II
Saturday	May 9, 2026	Europe Day (European Union)
Sunday	May 10, 2026	Mother's Day
Thursday	May 14, 2026	Ascension Day
Thursday	May 14, 2026	Father's Day
Saturday	May 23, 2026	Constitution Day
Sunday	May 24, 2026	Whit Sunday
Monday	May 25, 2026	Whit Monday
Monday	June 1, 2026	International Childrens' Day
Wednesday	June 3, 2026	European Bicycle Day
Thursday	June 4, 2026	Corpus Christi
Saturday	June 6, 2026	Visually Impaired People Day
Sunday	June 21, 2026	June Solstice
Sunday	June 21, 2026	Car-free Sunday
Saturday	June 27, 2026	Architecture Day
Saturday	Aug. 8, 2026	Peace Festival in Augsburg
Saturday	Aug. 15, 2026	Assumption of Mary
Tuesday	Sept. 1, 2026	World Peace Day
Saturday	Sept. 12, 2026	German Language Day
Sunday	Sept. 13, 2026	European Heritage Days
Sunday	Sept. 20, 2026	German World Children's Day
Wednesday	Sept. 23, 2026	September Equinox
Saturday	Oct. 3, 2026	Day of German Unity
Sunday	Oct. 4, 2026	Harvest Festival
Sunday	Oct. 11, 2026	Grandparents' Day
Saturday	Oct. 24, 2026	Day of the Libraries
Sunday	Oct. 25, 2026	Daylight Saving Time ends
Friday	Oct. 30, 2026	World Thrift Day
Saturday	Oct. 31, 2026	Halloween
Saturday	Oct. 31, 2026	Reformation Day
Sunday	Nov. 1, 2026	All Saints' Day
Monday	Nov. 9, 2026	Fall of the Berlin Wall
Monday	Nov. 9, 2026	Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day
Wednesday	Nov. 11, 2026	St. Martin's Day
Sunday	Nov. 15, 2026	National Day of Mourning
Wednesday	Nov. 18, 2026	Repentance Day
Sunday	Nov. 22, 2026	Sunday of the Dead
Sunday	Nov. 29, 2026	First Advent Sunday
Sunday	Dec. 6, 2026	Saint Nicholas Day
Sunday	Dec. 6, 2026	Second Advent Sunday
Sunday	Dec. 13, 2026	Third Advent Sunday
Saturday	Dec. 19, 2026	Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide
Sunday	Dec. 20, 2026	Fourth Advent Sunday
Monday	Dec. 21, 2026	December Solstice
Thursday	Dec. 24, 2026	Christmas Eve
Friday	Dec. 25, 2026	Christmas Day
Saturday	Dec. 26, 2026	Boxing Day
Thursday	Dec. 31, 2026	New Year's Eve

Public Holidays

Germany public holidays by years
Public holidays in other countries