Germany

Religious Holidays

01/06/2023Epiphany in Western ChristianityEland, Andorra, Austria, Croatia, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Vatican City, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Poland, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, American Virgin Islands
02/20/2023Shrove MondayGermany, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Andorra, Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Curacao, Dominica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Cyprus, Greece, Grenada, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Barthelemy
04/07/2023Good Friday in Western ChristianityEland, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, Brazil, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Greenland, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Hong Kong, Honduras, East Timor, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Indonesia, India, Iceland, Ireland, Spain, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Malawi, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Martinique, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Nigeria, Norway, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Falkland Islands, Faeroe Islands, Isle of Man, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Montenegro, Jamaica, South Africa, South Sudan, United Kingdom, Ecuador, Estonia, Uganda, France, French Polynesia, Finland, Fiji, Sweden, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Chile, Philippines, Saint Barthelemy, El Salvador, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Suriname, Sudan, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vanuatu, British Virgin Island, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guernsey
04/10/2023Easter Monday in Western ChristianityEland, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Belize, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Island, Burkina Faso, Canada, Guernsey, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Cocos Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, East Timor, Faeroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Guyana, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, French Guiana, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Vatican City, Hungary, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mayotte, Martinique, Monaco, Montserrat, Norway, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Islands, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Reunion, Saint Helena, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Sint Maarten, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Suriname, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tonga, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, American Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe
05/18/2023Ascension Day in Western ChristianityEland, Andorra, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Curacao, Ivory Coast, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Guiana, Gabon, Germany, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Iceland, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mayotte, Martinique, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Senegal, Sint Maarten, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Wallis and Futuna, Togo, Swaziland, Vanuatu
05/29/2023Whit Monday in Western ChristianityAndorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, British Virgin Island, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Denmark, Dominica, France, Faeroe Islands, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Montserrat, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Switzerland, Togo, Wallis and Futuna
06/08/2023Corpus ChristiTrinidad and Tobago, Switzerland, Spain, San Marino, Saint Lucia, Seychelles, Poland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Ecuador, East Timor, Germany, Grenada, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Croatia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia
08/15/2023Assumption of MaryAustria, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Cyprus, Croatia, France, French Guiana, East Timor, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, French Polynesia, Greece, Guinea, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Vatican City, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Madagascar, Luxembourg, Mayotte, Malta, Martinique, Monaco, New Caledonia, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Senegal, San Marino, Seychelles, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Colombia, Venezuela, Haiti, Togo
11/01/2023All Saints' Day in Western ChristianityAndorra, Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Croatia, French Polynesia, France, French Guiana, East Timor, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Germany, Guam, Vatican City, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Martinique, Monaco, New Caledonia, Poland, Peru, Philippines, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Spain, Switzerland, Wallis and Futuna, Togo, Slovenia, Slovakia
11/26/2023Totensonntag (Sunday of the Dead) in GermanyGermany
12/24/2023Christmas Eve in Western ChristianityEland, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Brazil, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Guatemala, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Nicaragua, Norway, Venezuela, Panama, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Slovakia, Faeroe Islands, Philippines, Finland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, South Sudan, Estonia
12/25/2023ChristmasEland, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Island, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Cook Islands, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, El Salvador, Ecuador, Estonia, Eritrea, Falkland Islands, Finland, Fiji, Faeroe Islands, France, French Polynesia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guernsey, Guyana, Vatican City, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Jersey, Jordan, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Madagascar, Malta, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Rwanda, Romania, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Syria, Thailand, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay, American Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, Venezuela, State of Palestine, Wallis and Futuna, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ukraine

Other Observances

01/11/2023German Apples DayGermany
03/22/2023Day of the Berlin BearGermany
05/14/2023Mother's DayAnguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Belize, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Jamaica, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Suriname, Tonga, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uganda, USA, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
05/18/2023Father's Day in GermanyGermany
09/20/2023Universal Children’s Day in GermanyGermany
10/08/2023Grandmothers' Day in GermanyGermany
10/11/2023National Coming Out DayUSA, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Professional Days

02/10/2023Children’s Hospice Work Day in GermanyGermany
11/09/2023Inventors’ Day in German-speaking CountriesAustria, Germany, Switzerland

Folk Festivals

02/16/2023Fat ThursdayPoland, Germany, Spain, Italy
02/26/2023Buergbrennen (Buergsonndeg)Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland
04/30/2023Walpurgis NightCzech Republic, Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden
06/23/2023St John's EveLatvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faeroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA
06/24/2023St John's Day (Midsummer)Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faeroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA
06/27/2023Seven Sleepers Day in GermanyGermany
10/01/2023Harvest Festival in GermanyGermany
11/11/2023Opening of the Carnival Season in GermanyGermany

Ecological Observances

03/22/2023Baltic Sea DaySweden, Finland, Denmark, European Union, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Poland, Russia, Estonia
04/25/2023Arbor Day in GermanyGermany

Unofficial Holidays

04/23/2023German Beer DayGermany
09/29/2023Butterbrod Day in GermanyGermany
11/19/2023Soup Day in GermanyGermany

Public Holidays

05/01/2023International Workers’ Day (Labor Day)Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Ivory Coast, Curacao, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Paraguay, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, State of Palestine, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
10/03/2023Day of German UnityGermany
10/31/2023Reformation DayGermany, Slovenia
11/19/2023Volkstrauertag (People's Mourning Day) in GermanyGermany
12/26/2023Saint Stephen’s Day / Boxing DayEland, Anguilla, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Botswana, British Virgin Island, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Canada, Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, East Timor, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faeroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, Ghana, Guernsey, Germany, Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guyana, Vatican City, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Isle of Man, Jersey, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Spain, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Switzerland, Sweden, Tanzania, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, American Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe
12/31/2023Saint Sylvester’s Day / New Year’s EveArmenia, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Guatemala, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba, Latvia, Montserrat, Norway, San Marino, Thailand, Faeroe Islands, Philippines, Estonia, Andorra, Bangladesh, Brunei, Denmark, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Germany, Japan, Macau, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Cultural Observances

05/05/2023Europe Day in the Council of EuropeAustria, Azerbaijan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina, United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia
05/09/2023Europe Day in the European UnionAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia
05/10/2023Book Day in GermanyGermany

Anniversaries and Memorial Days

08/08/2023Augsburg Peace Festival in GermanyGermany
11/09/2023Schicksalstag (Fateful Day) in GermanyGermany
11/22/2023Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer) in GermanyGermany