Holidays and Observances in Germany in 2021
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. tam | Perjantai | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| 6. tam | Keskiviikko | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | NDS*, SN, TH |
| 6. tam | Keskiviikko | Epiphany | Common local holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| 22. tam | Perjantai | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| 27. tam | Keskiviikko | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| 28. tam | Torstai | European Privacy Day | Observance | |
| 10. hel | Keskiviikko | Children's Hospice Day | Observance | |
| 14. hel | Sunnuntai | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| 15. hel | Maanantai | Shrove Monday | Observance | |
| 16. hel | Tiistai | Carnival / Shrove Tuesday | Observance | |
| 16. hel | Tiistai | Hizir Fast | Observance | Bremen, Hamburg |
| 17. hel | Keskiviikko | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| 8. maa | Maanantai | International Women's Day | Observance | All except B |
| 8. maa | Maanantai | International Women's Day | Common local holiday | Berlin |
| 17. maa | Keskiviikko | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 18. maa | Torstai | Anniversary of the March Revolution | Observance | Berlin |
| 20. maa | Lauantai | March Equinox | Season | |
| 21. maa | Sunnuntai | Alevitic New Year | Observance | Bremen, Hamburg |
| 28. maa | Sunnuntai | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 28. maa | Sunnuntai | First Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 28. maa | Sunnuntai | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 29. maa | Maanantai | Second Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 1. huh | Torstai | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | All except BW, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| 1. huh | Torstai | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | BW, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| 2. huh | Perjantai | Good Friday | National holiday, Christian | |
| 2. huh | Perjantai | Sixth Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 3. huh | Lauantai | Holy Saturday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NDS, RLP |
| 3. huh | Lauantai | Seventh Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 4. huh | Sunnuntai | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| 4. huh | Sunnuntai | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| 5. huh | Maanantai | Easter Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| 22. huh | Torstai | Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Observance | |
| 23. huh | Perjantai | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| 30. huh | Perjantai | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| 1. tou | Lauantai | May Day | National holiday | |
| 5. tou | Keskiviikko | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Observance | |
| 8. tou | Lauantai | Anniversary of the End of World War II | Observance | B, BB, HB, MVP, TH |
| 9. tou | Sunnuntai | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| 9. tou | Sunnuntai | Europe Day (European Union) | Observance | |
| 13. tou | Torstai | Father's Day | Observance | |
| 13. tou | Torstai | Ascension Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| 13. tou | Torstai | Eid ul Fitr | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| 17. tou | Maanantai | First Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 18. tou | Tiistai | Second Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 23. tou | Sunnuntai | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common local holiday | Brandenburg |
| 23. tou | Sunnuntai | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| 23. tou | Sunnuntai | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| 24. tou | Maanantai | Whit Monday | National holiday, Christian | |
| 1. kes | Tiistai | International Childrens' Day | Observance | |
| 3. kes | Torstai | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common local holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL, SN*, TH* |
| 3. kes | Torstai | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| 6. kes | Sunnuntai | Visually Impaired People Day | Observance | |
| 17. kes | Torstai | Remembrance of the Victims of SED Injustice | Observance | Thuringia |
| 17. kes | Torstai | Anniversary of the Popular Uprising in the GDR | Observance | Berlin |
| 20. kes | Sunnuntai | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| 21. kes | Maanantai | June Solstice | Season | |
| 24. kes | Torstai | St. John | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| 26. kes | Lauantai | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| 29. kes | Tiistai | St Peter and Paul | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| 20. hei | Tiistai | Eid ul Adha | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| 8. elo | Sunnuntai | Peace Festival in Augsburg | Local holiday | Bavaria** |
| 15. elo | Sunnuntai | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| 15. elo | Sunnuntai | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common local holiday | Bavaria*, Saarland |
| 19. elo | Torstai | Ashura | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| 1. syy | Keskiviikko | Anti War Day | Observance | |
| 7. syy | Tiistai | Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| 8. syy | Keskiviikko | Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| 11. syy | Lauantai | German Language Day | Observance | |
| 12. syy | Sunnuntai | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| 16. syy | Torstai | Yom Kippur | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| 20. syy | Maanantai | German World Children's Day | Observance | |
| 20. syy | Maanantai | German World Children's Day | Common local holiday | Thuringia |
| 21. syy | Tiistai | First day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 22. syy | Keskiviikko | Second Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| 22. syy | Keskiviikko | September Equinox | Season | |
| 26. syy | Sunnuntai | Sixth Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| 27. syy | Maanantai | Seventh Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| 28. syy | Tiistai | Shemini Atzeret | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen, Saarland |
| 29. syy | Keskiviikko | Simchat Torah | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen |
| 2. lok | Lauantai | German Food Bank Day | Observance | |
| 3. lok | Sunnuntai | Day of German Unity | National holiday | |
| 3. lok | Sunnuntai | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| 10. lok | Sunnuntai | Grandparents' Day | Observance | Bavaria |
| 24. lok | Sunnuntai | Day of the Libraries | Observance | |
| 29. lok | Perjantai | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| 31. lok | Sunnuntai | Reformation Day | Common local holiday | BB, HB, HH, MVP, NDS, SH, SN, ST, TH |
| 31. lok | Sunnuntai | Reformation Day | Observance, Christian | Bremen, BW |
| 31. lok | Sunnuntai | Halloween | Observance | |
| 31. lok | Sunnuntai | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| 1. mar | Maanantai | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| 1. mar | Maanantai | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | HB, NDS*, SN, TH |
| 2. mar | Tiistai | All Souls' Day | Silent Day | Lower Saxony* |
| 9. mar | Tiistai | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| 9. mar | Tiistai | 9th of November | Observance | Berlin |
| 9. mar | Tiistai | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| 11. mar | Torstai | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 14. mar | Sunnuntai | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| 17. mar | Keskiviikko | Repentance Day | Christian, Common local holiday | Saxony |
| 17. mar | Keskiviikko | Repentance Day | Silent Day | BY, SL, SN |
| 17. mar | Keskiviikko | Repentance Day | Observance, Christian | BW, HE, NDS, RLP, TH |
| 21. mar | Sunnuntai | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| 28. mar | Sunnuntai | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 5. jou | Sunnuntai | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 6. jou | Maanantai | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| 8. jou | Keskiviikko | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| 12. jou | Sunnuntai | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 19. jou | Sunnuntai | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| 19. jou | Sunnuntai | Remembrance Day for Roma and Sinti killed by Genocide | Observance | |
| 21. jou | Tiistai | December Solstice | Season | |
| 24. jou | Perjantai | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| 25. jou | Lauantai | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| 26. jou | Sunnuntai | Boxing Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| 31. jou | Perjantai | New Year's Eve | Bank holiday | |
* Observed only in some communities of this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. | ||||
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