Holidays and Observances in Germany in 2011
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | NDS*, SN, TH |
| Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany | Common local holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Saturday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Thursday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Monday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 7 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance | |
| Mar 8 | Tuesday | International Women's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 8 | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday | Observance | |
| Mar 9 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 17 | Thursday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 18 | Friday | Anniversary of the March Revolution | Observance | Berlin |
| Mar 21 | Monday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 17 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 19 | Tuesday | First Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 20 | Wednesday | Second Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 21 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | All except BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Apr 21 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Apr 22 | Friday | Good Friday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NDS, RLP, SL |
| Apr 23 | Saturday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Apr 24 | Sunday | Sixth Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 25 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 25 | Monday | Seventh Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 28 | Thursday | Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Saturday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Sunday | May Day | National holiday | |
| May 5 | Thursday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Observance | |
| May 8 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 8 | Sunday | Anniversary of the End of World War II | Observance | B, BB, HB, MVP, TH |
| May 9 | Monday | Europe Day (European Union) | Observance | |
| May 23 | Monday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Wednesday | International Children's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 2 | Thursday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| Jun 2 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 3 | Friday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 8 | Wednesday | First Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Jun 9 | Thursday | Second Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Jun 12 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| Jun 12 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Jun 13 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 19 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 23 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common local holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Jun 24 | Friday | St. John | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Jun 25 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Jun 29 | Wednesday | St Peter and Paul | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Aug 8 | Monday | Peace Festival in Augsburg | Local holiday | Bavaria** |
| Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common local holiday | Bavaria*, Saarland |
| Aug 31 | Wednesday | Eid ul Fitr | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Sep 1 | Thursday | Anti War Day | Observance | |
| Sep 10 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 11 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Tuesday | German World Children's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 23 | Friday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 29 | Thursday | Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 30 | Friday | Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Oct 1 | Saturday | German Food Bank Day | Observance | |
| Oct 2 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| Oct 3 | Monday | Day of German Unity | National holiday | |
| Oct 8 | Saturday | Yom Kippur | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Oct 13 | Thursday | First day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 14 | Friday | Second Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 18 | Tuesday | Sixth Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 19 | Wednesday | Seventh Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 20 | Thursday | Shemini Atzeret | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen, Saarland |
| Oct 21 | Friday | Simchat Torah | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen |
| Oct 28 | Friday | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| Oct 30 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Monday | Reformation Day | Common local holiday | BB, MVP, SN, ST, TH |
| Oct 31 | Monday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | HB, NDS*, SN, TH |
| Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 2 | Wednesday | All Souls' Day | Silent Day | Lower Saxony* |
| Nov 7 | Monday | Eid al-Adha | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Nov 9 | Wednesday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Wednesday | 9th of November | Observance | Berlin |
| Nov 9 | Wednesday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Friday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 13 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 16 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Silent Day | BY, SL, SN |
| Nov 16 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common local holiday | Saxony |
| Nov 16 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Observance, Christian | BW, HE, NDS, RLP, TH |
| Nov 20 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Nov 27 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 4 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Tuesday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Tuesday | Ashura | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Dec 8 | Thursday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Dec 11 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 18 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Monday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| Dec 22 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Monday | Boxing Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Bank holiday | |
* Observed only in some communities of this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. | ||||
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