Holidays in Germany in 2019
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| Date | Weekday | Holiday Name | Holiday Type | Where It is Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Sunday | Epiphany | Christian, Common local holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Tuesday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Sunday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Jan 28 | Monday | European Privacy Day | Observance | |
| Feb 10 | Sunday | Children's Hospice Day | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Thursday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 4 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance | |
| Mar 5 | Tuesday | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 6 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 8 | Friday | International Women's Day | Observance | All except B |
| Mar 8 | Friday | International Women's Day | Common local holiday | Berlin |
| Mar 17 | Sunday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 20 | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 28 | Thursday | Girls' Day - Career Information Day | Observance | |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 14 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 18 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | |
| Apr 19 | Friday | Good Friday | Silent Day, public holiday | |
| Apr 21 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| Apr 21 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Silent Day | All except BB |
| Apr 22 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 23 | Tuesday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Tuesday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Wednesday | May Day | National holiday | |
| May 5 | Sunday | Europe Day | Observance | |
| May 12 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| May 23 | Thursday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| May 30 | Thursday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| May 30 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 1 | Saturday | International Childrens' Day | Observance | B, BB, MVP, SN, ST, TH |
| Jun 3 | Monday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 6 | Thursday | Visually Impaired People Day | Observance | |
| Jun 9 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| Jun 9 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Jun 10 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 14 | Friday | Day of Music (first day) | Observance | |
| Jun 16 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 20 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Local holiday, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Jun 20 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common local holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Jun 21 | Friday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 29 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Aug 8 | Thursday | Peace Festival in Augsburg | Local holiday | Bavaria* |
| Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common local holiday | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Sep 1 | Sunday | World Peace Day | Observance | |
| Sep 8 | Sunday | European Heritage Days (Day of the Open Monument) | Observance | |
| Sep 8 | Sunday | Day of the Homeland | Observance | |
| Sep 14 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Friday | German World Childrens' Day | Observance | |
| Sep 23 | Monday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Oct 3 | Thursday | Day of German Unity | National holiday | |
| Oct 6 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| Oct 24 | Thursday | Day of the Libraries | Observance | |
| Oct 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 30 | Wednesday | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| Oct 31 | Thursday | Reformation Day | Common local holiday | BB, HB, HH, MVP, NDS, SH, SN, ST, TH |
| Oct 31 | Thursday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 9 | Saturday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Saturday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Monday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 17 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 20 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common local holiday | Saxony |
| Nov 24 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Dec 1 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Friday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 15 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 19 | Thursday | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| Dec 22 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 22 | Sunday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Thursday | Boxing Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Tuesday | New Year's Eve | Bank holiday |
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