Thursday, 12 July 2012

German Holidays

German Holidays 


January 1st 
New Years Day (Neu Jahrs Tag) :  Holiday observed in all of Germany


January 6th
Three Wise Men Day ( Helllge drel Koenige) :  Holiday in BAVARIA, Baden- Wuerttemberg, Saxony- Anhalt



Good Friday, Easter Sunday, & Easter Monday
 The Friday before Easter Sunday and Monday after Easter Sunday  
Easter Weekend (Ostern) : Holiday observed in all of Germany


May 1st
 Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit) : Holiday observed in all of Germany


40 Days after Easter Sunday
 Assumption of Christ (Christie Himmelfahrt) : Holiday observed in all of Germany




50 Days after Easter Sunday
Pentecost Weekend (Pfingst Wochenende) : Holiday observed in all of Germany



60 Days after Easter Sunday
Corpus Christi Feast (Frohnleichnam) : Holiday in BAVARIA, Baden- Wuerttemberg, Hesse, Northrhine-Westphaia, Rhineland Palatinate und Saarland


August 15th
Assumption of Virgin Mary (Maria Himmelfahrt) :  Holiday in Saarland


October 3rd
German reunification day (Tag der deutshen Einhelt) : Holiday in all of Germany


October 31st
 Reformation Day (Regormationstag) : Holiday in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Saarland, Saxony and Thuringia


November 1st
All Hallows (Allerrhelllgen) : Holiday in BAVARIA, Baden- Wuerttemberg, Northrine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate  and Saarland


November 23rd
 Day of Prayer and Repentance (Buss und Bettag) : Holiday in Saxony


December 25th & 26th
Christmas Holiday (Weihnachtsfeiertage) :  Holiday in all of Germany 

3 comments:

  1. Hi, nice blog, but I would like to correct a bit the Holidays:

    Aug 15th is also a Holday in about 50% of Bavaria, the parts with mainly catholic population.
    I'm looking forward to it :-)

    Anise

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  2. #AmericansInGermany can you sat that again and contribute to this new subreddit @reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericansInGermany/

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  3. There are also Eisenberg Castle and Hohenfreyberg Castle, as well as the Monastery of St. Mang, which houses the Füssen Heritage Museum and baroque Prince's Hall. Go to montaregio.de to get more details about holidays in bavaria.

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