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15/01/2013Public holidays in Germany

Public holidays in Germany German public holidays include both national days and those celebrated on a regional basis. Here is the list of public holidays in Germany for 2013.

January 1:  New Year’s Day (Neujahrstag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

January 6:  Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige)  (R)
(Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt)
(Most businesses are closed)

March 29:  Good Friday (Karfreitag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

April 1:  Easter Monday (Ostermontag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

May 1:  Labour Day (Maifeiertag)  (N)   
(Most businesses are closed)

May 9:  Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

May 20:  Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

May 30:  Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam)  (R)
(Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, some local authorities in Saxony and Thuringia)
(Most businesses are closed)

August 15:  Assumption Day (Maria Himmelfahrt)  (R)
(Saarland and some local authorities in Bavaria)
(Most businesses are closed)

October 3:  Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

October 31:  Reformation Day (Reformationstag)  (R)
(Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and parts of Thuringia)
(Most businesses are closed)

November 1:  All Saints’ Day (Allerheiligen)  (R)
(Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and parts of Thuringia)
(Most businesses are closed)

November 20:  Day of Prayer and Repentance (Buß- und Bettag)  (R)
(Saxony)
(Most businesses are closed)

December 25:  Christmas Day (Weihnachtstag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

December 26:  Boxing Day/St. Stephen’s Day (Stephanstag)  (N)
(Most businesses are closed)

(N) = National
(R) = Regional



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