Germany Public Holidays in 2021
Germany has a total of 112 holidays in 2021. In the table below, you will find the details of the holidays and when they are observed. All the information displayed below is also available via our API as well as downloadable as a csv. Signup here to get started.
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| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| New Year's Day | Friday, January 1, 2021 |
| Epiphany | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 |
| Epiphany | Wednesday, January 6, 2021 |
| Franco-German Day | Friday, January 22, 2021 |
| Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Wednesday, January 27, 2021 |
| Valentine's Day | Sunday, February 14, 2021 |
| Shrove Monday | Monday, February 15, 2021 |
| Carnival Tuesday | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
| Hizir Fast | Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 17, 2021 |
| International Women's Day | Monday, March 8, 2021 |
| International Women's Day | Monday, March 8, 2021 |
| International Women's Day | Monday, March 8, 2021 |
| St. Patrick's Day | Wednesday, March 17, 2021 |
| Anniversary of the March Revolution | Thursday, March 18, 2021 |
| March Equinox | Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
| Alevitic New Year | Sunday, March 21, 2021 |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
| First Day of Passover | Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | Sunday, March 28, 2021 |
| Second Day of Passover | Monday, March 29, 2021 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 1, 2021 |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 2, 2021 |
| Sixth Day of Passover | Friday, April 2, 2021 |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
| Seventh Day of Passover | Saturday, April 3, 2021 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 4, 2021 |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 5, 2021 |
| Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Thursday, April 22, 2021 |
| German Beer Day | Friday, April 23, 2021 |
| Walpurgis Night | Friday, April 30, 2021 |
| May Day | Saturday, May 1, 2021 |
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Wednesday, May 5, 2021 |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Saturday, May 8, 2021 |
| Mother's Day | Sunday, May 9, 2021 |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Sunday, May 9, 2021 |
| Father's Day | Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
| Eid ul Fitr | Thursday, May 13, 2021 |
| First Day of Shavuot | Monday, May 17, 2021 |
| Second Day of Shavuot | Tuesday, May 18, 2021 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
| Constitution Day | Sunday, May 23, 2021 |
| Pentecost Monday | Monday, May 24, 2021 |
| International Children's Day | Tuesday, June 1, 2021 |
| Corpus Christi | Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
| European Bicycle Day | Thursday, June 3, 2021 |
| Veterans Day | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 |
| Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Thursday, June 17, 2021 |
| Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR | Thursday, June 17, 2021 |
| Car-free Sunday | Sunday, June 20, 2021 |
| June Solstice | Monday, June 21, 2021 |
| St. John's Day | Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
| Architecture Day | Saturday, June 26, 2021 |
| Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
| Eid al-Adha | Tuesday, July 20, 2021 |
| Assumption of Mary | Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
| Assumption of Mary | Sunday, August 15, 2021 |
| Ashura | Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
| Anti War Day | Wednesday, September 1, 2021 |
| Rosh Hashana | Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
| Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Wednesday, September 8, 2021 |
| German Language Day | Saturday, September 11, 2021 |
| European Heritage Days | Sunday, September 12, 2021 |
| Yom Kippur | Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
| First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Saturday, September 18, 2021 |
| German World Children's Day | Monday, September 20, 2021 |
| German World Children's Day | Monday, September 20, 2021 |
| First day of Sukkot | Tuesday, September 21, 2021 |
| Second Day of Sukkot | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |
| September Equinox | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |
| Sixth Day of Sukkot | Sunday, September 26, 2021 |
| Seventh Day of Sukkot | Monday, September 27, 2021 |
| Shemini Atzeret | Tuesday, September 28, 2021 |
| Simchat Torah | Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
| German Food Bank Day | Saturday, October 2, 2021 |
| Day of German Unity | Sunday, October 3, 2021 |
| Harvest Festival | Sunday, October 3, 2021 |
| Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Sunday, October 3, 2021 |
| Grandparents' Day | Sunday, October 10, 2021 |
| World Thrift Day | Friday, October 29, 2021 |
| Reformation Day | Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
| Reformation Day | Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
| Halloween | Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Sunday, October 31, 2021 |
| All Saints' Day | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| All Saints' Day | Monday, November 1, 2021 |
| All Souls' Day | Tuesday, November 2, 2021 |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
| 9th of November | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 |
| St. Martin's Day | Thursday, November 11, 2021 |
| National Day of Mourning | Sunday, November 14, 2021 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 |
| Sunday of the Dead | Sunday, November 21, 2021 |
| First Advent Sunday | Sunday, November 28, 2021 |
| Second Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 5, 2021 |
| Saint Nicholas Day | Monday, December 6, 2021 |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Wednesday, December 8, 2021 |
| Third Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 12, 2021 |
| Fourth Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 19, 2021 |
| Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Sunday, December 19, 2021 |
| December Solstice | Tuesday, December 21, 2021 |
| Christmas Eve | Friday, December 24, 2021 |
| Christmas Day | Saturday, December 25, 2021 |
| Boxing Day | Sunday, December 26, 2021 |
| New Year's Eve | Friday, December 31, 2021 |