Holidays and Observances in Germany in 2012
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | NDS*, SN, TH |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | Common local holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Sunday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Friday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Tuesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 20 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance | |
| Feb 21 | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday | Observance | |
| Feb 22 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 8 | Thursday | International Women's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 17 | Saturday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 18 | Sunday | Anniversary of the March Revolution | Observance | Berlin |
| Mar 20 | Tuesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 25 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 1 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 5 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | All except BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Apr 5 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Apr 6 | Friday | Good Friday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NDS, RLP, SL |
| Apr 7 | Saturday | First Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| Apr 8 | Sunday | Second Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 9 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 12 | Thursday | Sixth Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 13 | Friday | Seventh Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 23 | Monday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 26 | Thursday | Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Monday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Tuesday | May Day | National holiday | |
| May 5 | Saturday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Observance | |
| May 8 | Tuesday | Anniversary of the End of World War II | Observance | B, BB, HB, MVP, TH |
| May 9 | Wednesday | Europe Day (European Union) | Observance | |
| May 13 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
| May 17 | Thursday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
| May 17 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| May 23 | Wednesday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| May 27 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| May 27 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| May 27 | Sunday | First Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| May 28 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| May 28 | Monday | Second Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Jun 1 | Friday | International Children's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 3 | Sunday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 7 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common local holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Jun 17 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Thursday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 23 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Jun 24 | Sunday | St. John | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Jun 29 | Friday | St Peter and Paul | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Aug 8 | Wednesday | Peace Festival in Augsburg | Local holiday | Bavaria** |
| Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Aug 15 | Wednesday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common local holiday | Bavaria*, Saarland |
| Aug 19 | Sunday | Eid ul Fitr | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Sep 1 | Saturday | Anti War Day | Observance | |
| Sep 8 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 9 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| Sep 17 | Monday | Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 18 | Tuesday | Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 20 | Thursday | German World Children's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 22 | Saturday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 26 | Wednesday | Yom Kippur | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Oct 1 | Monday | First day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 2 | Tuesday | Second Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 3 | Wednesday | Day of German Unity | National holiday | |
| Oct 6 | Saturday | German Food Bank Day | Observance | |
| Oct 6 | Saturday | Sixth Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 7 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| Oct 7 | Sunday | Seventh Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 8 | Monday | Shemini Atzeret | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen, Saarland |
| Oct 9 | Tuesday | Simchat Torah | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen |
| Oct 26 | Friday | Eid al-Adha | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Oct 28 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 30 | Tuesday | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| Oct 31 | Wednesday | Reformation Day | Common local holiday | BB, MVP, SN, ST, TH |
| Oct 31 | Wednesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | HB, NDS*, SN, TH |
| Nov 1 | Thursday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 2 | Friday | All Souls' Day | Silent Day | Lower Saxony* |
| Nov 9 | Friday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Friday | 9th of November | Observance | Berlin |
| Nov 9 | Friday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Sunday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 18 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 21 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Silent Day | BY, SL, SN |
| Nov 21 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common local holiday | Saxony |
| Nov 21 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Observance, Christian | BW, HE, NDS, RLP, TH |
| Nov 24 | Saturday | Ashura | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Nov 25 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Dec 2 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Thursday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Saturday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Dec 9 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 16 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Wednesday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| Dec 21 | Friday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 23 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 24 | Monday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Tuesday | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Wednesday | Boxing Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Monday | 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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