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
Hi, nice blog, but I would like to correct a bit the Holidays:
ReplyDeleteAug 15th is also a Holday in about 50% of Bavaria, the parts with mainly catholic population.
I'm looking forward to it :-)
Anise
#AmericansInGermany can you sat that again and contribute to this new subreddit @reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericansInGermany/
ReplyDeleteThere 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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