The following days are public holidays or dates of significance in Germany:
- New Year’s Day – Neujahrstag (1st of January)
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism (27th of January)
- Valentine’s Day – Valentinstag (14th of February)
- Rose Monday/Shrove Monday – Rosenmontag (Monday before Ash Wednesday)
- Carnival – Fastnacht/Fasching/Fasenach (Day after Rose Monday)
- Ash Wednesday/End of Carnival – Aschermittwoch/End of Karneval (Varies each year)
- Walpurgis Night (30th of April)
- May Day/Labour Day – Tag der Arbeit (1st of May)
- Father’s Day – Vatertag/Männertag (Varies of year)
- Mother’s Day – Muttertag (Varies of year)
- German Unity Day – Tag der Deutschen Einheit (3rd of October)
- Remembrance Day – Volkstrauertag (Two Sundays before the 1st Advent)
- New Year’s Eve – Sylvester/Silvester (31st of December)
The following dates are Christian holidays or observances in Germany:
- Epiphany – Heilige Drei Könige (6th of January)
- Easter – Ostern (Varies each year)
- Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday –Gründonnerstag
- Good Friday – Karfreitag
- Easter Sunday – Ostersonntag
- Easter Monday – Ostermontag
- Ascension – Christi Himmelfahrt (Varies each year)
- Pentecost – Pfingsten (Pfingstsonntag) (Varies each year)
- Whit Monday – Pfingsten (Pfingstmontag) (Varies each year)
- Corpus Christi – Fronleichnam (Varies each year)
- Assumption of Mary – Maria Himmelfahrt (Varies each year)
- Harvest Festival – Erntedankfest (1st Sunday in October)
- Reformation Day – Reformationstag (31st of October)
- All Saints Day – Allerheiligen (1st of November)
- All Souls’ Day – Allerseelen (2nd of November)
- St. Martin’s Day (11th of November)
- Immaculate Conception – Maria Empfängnis (2nd Saturday before the 2nd Advent)
- Sunday of the Dead –Totensonntag (Sunday before the 1st Advent)
- 1st Advent (1st Sunday in December)
- St. Nicholas Day – Nikolaus (6th of December)
- 2nd Advent (2nd Sunday in December)
- 3rd Advent (3rd Sunday in December)
- 4th Advent (4th Sunday in December)
- Christmas Eve – Heiliger Abend/Heiligabend (24th of December)
- Christmas Day – Weihnachtstag (25th of December)
- St. Stephen’s Day/Boxing Day – Zweiter Weihnachtstag (26th of December)
