Germany holidays & festivals in 2026

January 2026

• Thursday, 1 January 2026New Year's Day
• Tuesday, 6 January 2026Epiphany

February 2026

• Saturday, 14 February 2026Valentine's Day
• Monday, 16 February 2026Shrove Monday
• Tuesday, 17 February 2026Carnival Tuesday
• Wednesday, 18 February 2026Carnival / Ash Wednesday

March 2026

• Sunday, 8 March 2026International Women's Day
• Sunday, 29 March 2026Daylight Saving Time starts
• Sunday, 29 March 2026Palm Sunday

April 2026

• Thursday, 2 April 2026Maundy Thursday
• Friday, 3 April 2026Good Friday
• Saturday, 4 April 2026Holy Saturday
• Sunday, 5 April 2026Easter Sunday
• Monday, 6 April 2026Easter Monday

May 2026

• Friday, 1 May 2026May Day
• Friday, 8 May 2026Anniversary of the End of World War II
• Sunday, 10 May 2026Mother’s Day
• Thursday, 14 May 2026Ascension Day
• Thursday, 14 May 2026Father’s Day
• Sunday, 24 May 2026Whit Sunday
• Monday, 25 May 2026Whit Monday

June 2026

• Thursday, 4 June 2026Corpus Christi

August 2026

• Saturday, 15 August 2026Assumption of Mary

September 2026

• Sunday, 20 September 2026German World Children's Day (Thuringia)

October 2026

• Saturday, 3 October 2026Day of German Unity
• Sunday, 25 October 2026Daylight Saving Time ends
• Saturday, 31 October 2026Halloween
• Saturday, 31 October 2026Reformation Day

November 2026

• Sunday, 1 November 2026All Saints' Day
• Wednesday, 11 November 2026St. Martin's Day
• Sunday, 15 November 2026National Day of Mourning
• Wednesday, 18 November 2026Repentance Day (Saxony)
• Sunday, 22 November 2026Sunday of the Dead
• Sunday, 29 November 2026First Advent Sunday

December 2026

• Sunday, 6 December 2026Saint Nicholas Day
• Sunday, 6 December 2026Second Advent Sunday
• Sunday, 13 December 2026Third Advent Sunday
• Sunday, 20 December 2026Fourth Advent Sunday
• Thursday, 24 December 2026Christmas Eve (half-day)
• Friday, 25 December 2026Christmas Day
• Saturday, 26 December 2026Boxing Day
• Thursday, 31 December 2026New Year's Eve (half-day)

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