Germany

Fixed Public Holidays

1 January	New Year's Day
6 January	Epiphany - in Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, and Sachsen-Anhalt
1 May	May Day or Labour Day
15 August	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - in Bavaria (in predominantly Catholic Communities) and Saarland only
3 October	Day of German Unity
31 October	Reformation Day - in Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony- Anhalt and Thuringia (predominantly Evangelical communities) only.
1 November	All Saints Day - in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhine- land Palatinate, Saarland and Thuringia (predominantly Catholic communities) only.
1st Wednesday on or after 16 November1	Repentance Day (Buss und Bettag) - Saxony only.
24 December	Christmas Eve - Government closed, half day for shops.
25 December	Christmas Day
26 December	2nd Day of Christmas
31 December	New Year's Eve - Government closed, half day for shops.

1Technically this date is the Wednesday before the first Sunday in Advent. Moveable Public Holidays

Feast	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Carnivals1	6-12 Feb	19-25 Feb	11-17 Feb	2-8 Mar	22-28 Feb	7-13 Feb	27 Feb-5 Mar	19-25 Feb
Good Friday	28 Mar	10 Apr	2 Apr	21 Apr	13 Apr	29 Mar	18 Apr	9 Apr
Easter	30 Mar	12 Apr	4 Apr	23 Apr	15 Apr	31 Mar	20 Apr	11 Apr
Easter Monday	31 Mar	13 Apr	5 Apr	24 Apr	16 Apr	1 Apr	21 Apr	12 Apr
Ascension	8 May	21 May	13 May	1 Jun	24 May	9 May	29 May	20 May
Pentecost Sunday	18 May	31 May	23 May	11 Jun	3 Jun	19 May	8 Jun	30 May
Pentecost Monday	19 May	1 Jun	24 May	12 Jun	4 Jun	20 May	9 Jun	31 May
Corpus Christi2	29 May	11 Jun	3 Jun	22 Jun	14 Jun	30 May	19 Jun	10 Jun