Holidays Germany 2024

The public holidays in Germany in 2024 are convenient for female employees. This means you can expect your employees to plan a lot of bridging days and long weekends this year. These are the periods in which staffing levels could become thin:

Baden-Württemberg

January 1 (Monday): New Year
January 6 (Saturday): Epiphany
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
November 1 (Friday): All Saints' Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Bavaria

January 1 (Monday): New Year
January 6 (Saturday): Epiphany
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
August 8 (Thursday): Peace Festival (only in Augsburg)
August 15 (Thursday): Assumption Day (partial)
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
November 1 (Friday): All Saints' Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Berlin

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 8 (Friday): International Women's Day
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Brandenburg

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
March 31 (Sunday): Easter Sunday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 19 (Sunday): Pentecost Sunday
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Bremen

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Hamburg

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Hesse

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 8 (Friday): International Women's Day
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Lower Saxony

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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North Rhine-Westphalia

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
November 1 (Friday): All Saints' Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Rhineland-Palatinate

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
November 1 (Friday): All Saints' Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Saarland

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi
August 15 (Thursday): Assumption of the Virgin Mary
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
November 1 (Friday): All Saints' Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Saxony

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi (partial)
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
November 20 (Wednesday): Day of Repentance and Prayer
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Saxony-Anhalt

January 1 (Monday): New Year
January 6 (Saturday): Epiphany
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Schleswig-Holstein

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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Thuringia

January 1 (Monday): New Year
March 29 (Friday): Good Friday
April 1 (Monday): Easter Monday
May 1 (Wednesday): Labor Day
May 9 (Thursday): Ascension Day
May 20 (Monday): Whit Monday
May 30 (Thursday): Corpus Christi (partial)
September 20 (Friday): World Children's Day
October 3 (Thursday): Day of German Unity
October 31 (Thursday): Reformation Day
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 26 (Thursday): 2nd Christmas Day

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