Germany Public Holidays in 2022
Germany has a total of 100 holidays in 2022. 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 | Saturday, January 1, 2022 |
| Epiphany | Thursday, January 6, 2022 |
| Franco-German Day | Saturday, January 22, 2022 |
| Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Thursday, January 27, 2022 |
| Valentine's Day | Monday, February 14, 2022 |
| Hizir Fast | Wednesday, February 16, 2022 |
| Shrove Monday | Monday, February 28, 2022 |
| Carnival Tuesday | Tuesday, March 1, 2022 |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, March 2, 2022 |
| International Women's Day | Tuesday, March 8, 2022 |
| St. Patrick's Day | Thursday, March 17, 2022 |
| Anniversary of the March Revolution | Friday, March 18, 2022 |
| March Equinox | Sunday, March 20, 2022 |
| Alevitic New Year | Monday, March 21, 2022 |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | Sunday, March 27, 2022 |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 10, 2022 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 14, 2022 |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 15, 2022 |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, April 16, 2022 |
| First Day of Passover | Saturday, April 16, 2022 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 17, 2022 |
| Second Day of Passover | Sunday, April 17, 2022 |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 18, 2022 |
| Sixth Day of Passover | Thursday, April 21, 2022 |
| Seventh Day of Passover | Friday, April 22, 2022 |
| German Beer Day | Saturday, April 23, 2022 |
| Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Thursday, April 28, 2022 |
| Walpurgis Night | Saturday, April 30, 2022 |
| May Day | Sunday, May 1, 2022 |
| Eid ul Fitr | Tuesday, May 3, 2022 |
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Thursday, May 5, 2022 |
| Mother's Day | Sunday, May 8, 2022 |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Sunday, May 8, 2022 |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Monday, May 9, 2022 |
| Constitution Day | Monday, May 23, 2022 |
| Father's Day | Thursday, May 26, 2022 |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 26, 2022 |
| International Children's Day | Wednesday, June 1, 2022 |
| European Bicycle Day | Friday, June 3, 2022 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
| First Day of Shavuot | Sunday, June 5, 2022 |
| Pentecost Monday | Monday, June 6, 2022 |
| Second Day of Shavuot | Monday, June 6, 2022 |
| Veterans Day | Wednesday, June 15, 2022 |
| Corpus Christi | Thursday, June 16, 2022 |
| Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Friday, June 17, 2022 |
| Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR | Friday, June 17, 2022 |
| Car-free Sunday | Sunday, June 19, 2022 |
| June Solstice | Tuesday, June 21, 2022 |
| St. John's Day | Friday, June 24, 2022 |
| Architecture Day | Saturday, June 25, 2022 |
| Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Wednesday, June 29, 2022 |
| Eid al-Adha | Sunday, July 10, 2022 |
| Ashura | Monday, August 8, 2022 |
| Assumption of Mary | Monday, August 15, 2022 |
| Anti War Day | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |
| German Language Day | Saturday, September 10, 2022 |
| European Heritage Days | Sunday, September 11, 2022 |
| First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Saturday, September 17, 2022 |
| German World Children's Day | Tuesday, September 20, 2022 |
| September Equinox | Friday, September 23, 2022 |
| Rosh Hashana | Monday, September 26, 2022 |
| Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Tuesday, September 27, 2022 |
| German Food Bank Day | Saturday, October 1, 2022 |
| Harvest Festival | Sunday, October 2, 2022 |
| Day of German Unity | Monday, October 3, 2022 |
| Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Monday, October 3, 2022 |
| Yom Kippur | Wednesday, October 5, 2022 |
| Grandparents' Day | Sunday, October 9, 2022 |
| First day of Sukkot | Monday, October 10, 2022 |
| Second Day of Sukkot | Tuesday, October 11, 2022 |
| Sixth Day of Sukkot | Saturday, October 15, 2022 |
| Seventh Day of Sukkot | Sunday, October 16, 2022 |
| Shemini Atzeret | Monday, October 17, 2022 |
| Simchat Torah | Tuesday, October 18, 2022 |
| World Thrift Day | Friday, October 28, 2022 |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Sunday, October 30, 2022 |
| Reformation Day | Monday, October 31, 2022 |
| Halloween | Monday, October 31, 2022 |
| All Saints' Day | Tuesday, November 1, 2022 |
| All Souls' Day | Wednesday, November 2, 2022 |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Wednesday, November 9, 2022 |
| 9th of November | Wednesday, November 9, 2022 |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Wednesday, November 9, 2022 |
| St. Martin's Day | Friday, November 11, 2022 |
| National Day of Mourning | Sunday, November 13, 2022 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 16, 2022 |
| Sunday of the Dead | Sunday, November 20, 2022 |
| First Advent Sunday | Sunday, November 27, 2022 |
| Second Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 4, 2022 |
| Saint Nicholas Day | Tuesday, December 6, 2022 |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Thursday, December 8, 2022 |
| Third Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 11, 2022 |
| Fourth Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 18, 2022 |
| Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Monday, December 19, 2022 |
| December Solstice | Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
| Christmas Eve | Saturday, December 24, 2022 |
| Christmas Day | Sunday, December 25, 2022 |
| Boxing Day | Monday, December 26, 2022 |
| New Year's Eve | Saturday, December 31, 2022 |