Germany Public Holidays in 2023
Germany has a total of 112 holidays in 2023. 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 | Sunday, January 1, 2023 |
| Epiphany | Friday, January 6, 2023 |
| Epiphany | Friday, January 6, 2023 |
| Franco-German Day | Sunday, January 22, 2023 |
| Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Friday, January 27, 2023 |
| Valentine's Day | Tuesday, February 14, 2023 |
| Hizir Fast | Thursday, February 16, 2023 |
| Shrove Monday | Monday, February 20, 2023 |
| Carnival Tuesday | Tuesday, February 21, 2023 |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Wednesday, February 22, 2023 |
| International Women's Day | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 |
| International Women's Day | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 |
| International Women's Day | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 |
| St. Patrick's Day | Friday, March 17, 2023 |
| Anniversary of the March Revolution | Saturday, March 18, 2023 |
| March Equinox | Monday, March 20, 2023 |
| Alevitic New Year | Tuesday, March 21, 2023 |
| Daylight Saving Time starts | Sunday, March 26, 2023 |
| Palm Sunday | Sunday, April 2, 2023 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
| Maundy Thursday | Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
| First Day of Passover | Thursday, April 6, 2023 |
| Good Friday | Friday, April 7, 2023 |
| Second Day of Passover | Friday, April 7, 2023 |
| Holy Saturday | Saturday, April 8, 2023 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
| Easter Sunday | Sunday, April 9, 2023 |
| Easter Monday | Monday, April 10, 2023 |
| Sixth Day of Passover | Tuesday, April 11, 2023 |
| Seventh Day of Passover | Wednesday, April 12, 2023 |
| Eid ul Fitr | Saturday, April 22, 2023 |
| German Beer Day | Sunday, April 23, 2023 |
| Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Thursday, April 27, 2023 |
| Walpurgis Night | Sunday, April 30, 2023 |
| May Day | Monday, May 1, 2023 |
| Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Friday, May 5, 2023 |
| Anniversary of the End of World War II | Monday, May 8, 2023 |
| Europe Day (European Union) | Tuesday, May 9, 2023 |
| Mother's Day | Sunday, May 14, 2023 |
| Father's Day | Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
| Ascension Day | Thursday, May 18, 2023 |
| Constitution Day | Tuesday, May 23, 2023 |
| First Day of Shavuot | Friday, May 26, 2023 |
| Second Day of Shavuot | Saturday, May 27, 2023 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
| Pentecost Sunday | Sunday, May 28, 2023 |
| Pentecost Monday | Monday, May 29, 2023 |
| International Children's Day | Thursday, June 1, 2023 |
| European Bicycle Day | Saturday, June 3, 2023 |
| Corpus Christi | Thursday, June 8, 2023 |
| Veterans Day | Thursday, June 15, 2023 |
| Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
| Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR | Saturday, June 17, 2023 |
| Car-free Sunday | Sunday, June 18, 2023 |
| June Solstice | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
| St. John's Day | Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
| Architecture Day | Saturday, June 24, 2023 |
| Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
| Eid al-Adha | Thursday, June 29, 2023 |
| Ashura | Friday, July 28, 2023 |
| Assumption of Mary | Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
| Assumption of Mary | Tuesday, August 15, 2023 |
| Anti War Day | Friday, September 1, 2023 |
| German Language Day | Saturday, September 9, 2023 |
| European Heritage Days | Sunday, September 10, 2023 |
| Rosh Hashana | Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
| First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Saturday, September 16, 2023 |
| Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
| German World Children's Day | Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
| German World Children's Day | Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
| September Equinox | Saturday, September 23, 2023 |
| Yom Kippur | Monday, September 25, 2023 |
| German Food Bank Day | Saturday, September 30, 2023 |
| First day of Sukkot | Saturday, September 30, 2023 |
| Harvest Festival | Sunday, October 1, 2023 |
| Second Day of Sukkot | Sunday, October 1, 2023 |
| Day of German Unity | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 |
| Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Tuesday, October 3, 2023 |
| Sixth Day of Sukkot | Thursday, October 5, 2023 |
| Seventh Day of Sukkot | Friday, October 6, 2023 |
| Shemini Atzeret | Saturday, October 7, 2023 |
| Grandparents' Day | Sunday, October 8, 2023 |
| Simchat Torah | Sunday, October 8, 2023 |
| Daylight Saving Time ends | Sunday, October 29, 2023 |
| World Thrift Day | Monday, October 30, 2023 |
| Reformation Day | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
| Reformation Day | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
| Halloween | Tuesday, October 31, 2023 |
| All Saints' Day | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |
| All Saints' Day | Wednesday, November 1, 2023 |
| All Souls' Day | Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
| Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
| 9th of November | Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
| Fall of the Berlin Wall | Thursday, November 9, 2023 |
| St. Martin's Day | Saturday, November 11, 2023 |
| National Day of Mourning | Sunday, November 19, 2023 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
| Repentance Day | Wednesday, November 22, 2023 |
| Sunday of the Dead | Sunday, November 26, 2023 |
| First Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 3, 2023 |
| Saint Nicholas Day | Wednesday, December 6, 2023 |
| Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Friday, December 8, 2023 |
| Second Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 10, 2023 |
| Third Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 17, 2023 |
| Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Tuesday, December 19, 2023 |
| December Solstice | Friday, December 22, 2023 |
| Fourth Advent Sunday | Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
| Christmas Eve | Sunday, December 24, 2023 |
| Christmas Day | Monday, December 25, 2023 |
| Boxing Day | Tuesday, December 26, 2023 |
| New Year's Eve | Sunday, December 31, 2023 |