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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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