Holidays in Germany in 2017
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday Name | Holiday Type | Where It is Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Sunday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Friday | Epiphany | Christian, Common Local holidays | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Sunday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Friday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Jan 28 | Saturday | European Privacy Day | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Tuesday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 27 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance | |
| Feb 28 | Tuesday | Carnival/Shrove Tuesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Wednesday | Carnival/Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 20 | Monday | March equinox | Season | |
| Mar 26 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 9 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 13 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | |
| Apr 14 | Friday | Good Friday | Silent Day, National holiday | |
| Apr 16 | Sunday | Easter Day | Silent Day | Brandenburg |
| Apr 17 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 23 | Sunday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 27 | Thursday | Girls' Day - Career Information Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Sunday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Monday | May Day | National holiday | |
| May 5 | Friday | Europe Day | Observance | |
| May 14 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| May 23 | Tuesday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| May 25 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 3 | Saturday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 4 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Silent Day | Brandenburg |
| Jun 5 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 6 | Tuesday | Visually Impaired People Day | Observance | |
| Jun 15 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common Local holidays | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Jun 15 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Local holiday, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Jun 17 | Saturday | Day of Music | Observance | |
| Jun 18 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 21 | Wednesday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Aug 8 | Tuesday | Peace Festival | Local holiday | Bavaria |
| Aug 15 | Tuesday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common Local holidays | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Sep 1 | Friday | World Peace Day | Observance | |
| Sep 9 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 10 | Sunday | European Heritage Days (Day of the Open Monument) | Observance | |
| Sep 10 | Sunday | Day of the Homeland | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Wednesday | German World Childrens' Day | Observance | |
| Sep 22 | Friday | September equinox | Season | |
| Sep 22 | Friday | German Sandwich Day | Observance | |
| Oct 1 | Sunday | German Food Bank Day | Observance | |
| Oct 3 | Tuesday | Day of German Unity | National holiday | |
| Oct 7 | Saturday | Space Exploration Day | Observance | |
| Oct 24 | Tuesday | Day of the Libraries | Observance | |
| Oct 29 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Tuesday | Reformation Day | National holiday | |
| Oct 31 | Tuesday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Wednesday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 9 | Thursday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Thursday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Saturday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 19 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 22 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common Local holidays | Saxony |
| Nov 26 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Dec 3 | Sunday | First Sunday Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Wednesday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 10 | Sunday | Second Sunday Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 17 | Sunday | Third Sunday Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Tuesday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| Dec 21 | Thursday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Sunday | Fourth Sunday Advent | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Monday | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Tuesday | Boxing Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Sunday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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