Holiday Calendar for Germany
Germanic traditions, notable events, festivals, special days and national holidays in Germany. Germans take pride in their traditional celebrations whether they are patriotic such as Tag der deutschen Einheit or Day of German Unity, religiously based such as Allerheiligen or All Saints and Allerseelen or All Souls, well known holidays such as Weihnachten - Christmas and Ostern - Easter, more personal events such as weddings, birthdays, and funerals, or large public events like the well known Oktoberfest.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2025-2026 years
March 2025
Friday 14 March -
Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)
April 2025
Sunday 20 April -
Easter in Western Christianity (Første påskedag in Norway);
Augsburg Plärrer (Held twice a year - in the spring from Easter Sunday and in late summer from the end of August);
Ridwan Day in Iraq (in Islamic angelology, Ridwan is the guardian of Paradise and the head of the host of guardian angels of Paradise. Literally translated “satisfied, pleased.” It is not mentioned in the Qur'an and Tafsir, but is mentioned in the earlier hadiths describing Paradise);
Easter May 2025
Sunday 11 May -
Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe);
Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints;
International Dixieland Festival Dresden (starts on the second Sunday in May, but sometimes the date can vary);
Genusszeit in Saarbrücken (starts on the second Sunday in May)
June 2025
July 2025
August 2025
Friday 15 August -
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary (Christian feast day, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu);
Dachau Folk Festival;
European Elvis Festival;
Mombach Rhine Festival;
Draiser Kerb;
Dresden City Festival;
Echelon Festival;
Rudolstadt Bird Shooting;
Leipzig Water Festival;
Stoppelmarkt in Vechta;
Rüsselsheim Kerb;
Kreuznach Fair;
Autumn Fair in Ochtrup;
Säubrennerkirmes in Wittlich;
Old Town Festival in Wernigeride;
Gifhorn Old Town Festival;
Wittenberge Town and Harbor Festival;
Münster Mittendrin, City Festival;
Aurich Town Festival September 2025
October 2025
November 2025
December 2025
Friday 26 December -
St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Andorra, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland);
Second day of Christmas (Western Christianity. Public holiday in the Netherlands, Poland, Norway)
January 2026
Sunday 25 January -
The bird wedding (is an annual custom known in some European regions, but especially in the Sorbs in Lusatia. Here it is called Lower Sorbian Ptaškowa swajźba and Upper Sorbian Ptači kwas)
February 2026
March 2026