Holidays in Germany 2023 by state. Public and unofficial holidays.

In this article, All-Holidays.Info will tell you about the holidays in Germany in 2023. We will give the dates of state national and regional holidays. You will also find out what unofficial holidays will be in Germany in 2023 At the end of the article you will find a calendar of holidays.

Public holidays in Germany 2023 by month

The following are public public holidays in Germany 2023, which are celebrated throughout Germany.

January

New Year – January 1, 2023 (Sunday).

April

Good Friday – April 7, 2023 (Friday);
Easter Tuesday – April 10, 2023 (Monday).

May

Labor Day – May 1, 2023 (Monday);
Ascension – May 18, 2023 (Thursday);
Trinity Monday – May 29, 2023 (Monday).

October

German Unity Day – October 3, 2023 (Tuesday).

December

Christmas – December 25, 2023 (Monday);
Boxing Day is December 26, 2023 (Tuesday).

Regional public holidays in Germany 2023

In Germany, there are public holidays that are celebrated only in one or a few states. Below is a complete list of regional public holidays in Germany, along with the states that celebrate them.

Epiphany – January 6, 2023 (Friday) – Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt.
International Women’s Day – March 8, 2023 (Wednesday) – Berlin.
Easter – April 9, 2023 (Sunday) – Brandenburg.
Pentecost – May 28, 2023 (Sunday) – Brandenburg.
Corpus Christi – June 8, 2023 (Thursday) – Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland.
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin – August 15, 2023 (Tuesday) – Bavaria, Saarland.
Children’s Day – September 20, 2023 (Wednesday) – Thuringia.
Reformation Day – October 31, 2023 (Tuesday) – Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia.
All Saints Day – November 1, 2023 (Wednesday) – Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland.
Day of Prayer and Repentance – November 22, 2023 (Wednesday) – Saxony.

Unofficial holidays in Germany 2023

February

Valentine’s Day – February 14, 2023 (Tuesday);
Fat Thursday – February 16, 2023 (Thursday);
Maslenitsa – February 18, 2023 (Saturday);
Maslenitsa – February 19, 2023 (Sunday);
Pancake Monday – February 20, 2023 (Monday);
Maslenitsa – February 21 (Tuesday);
Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2023 (Wednesday).

April

Palm Sunday – April 2, 2023 (Sunday);
Maundy Thursday – April 6, 2023 (Thursday);
Holy Sunday – April 8, 2023 (Saturday);
Walpurgis Night – April 30, 2023 (Sunday).

May

Mother’s Day – May 8, 2023 (Sunday);
Father’s Day – May 18, 2023 (Thursday).

June

International Children’s Day – June 1, 2023 (Thursday);
June 17 (Day of German Unity) – June 17, 2023 (Saturday);
Saint John’s Day – June 24, 2023 (Saturday);
Saints Peter and Paul – June 29, 2023 (Thursday).

October

Harvest Festival – October 1, 2023 (Sunday);
Halloween – October 31, 2023 (Tuesday).

November

Day of the Dead – November 2, 2023 (Thursday);
Saint Martin’s Day – November 11, 2023 (Saturday);
Memorial Day – November 19, 2023 (Sunday);
Memorial Day – November 26, 2023 (Sunday).

December

The first Sunday of Advent is December 3, 2023 (Sunday).
Memorial Day of St. Barbara – December 4, 2023 (Monday);
St. Nicholas Day – December 6, 2023 (Tuesday);
Second Sunday of Advent – December 10, 2023 (Wednesday);
Third Sunday of Advent – December 17, 2023 (Sunday);
Fourth Sunday of Advent – December 24, 2023 (Sunday);
Christmas Eve – December 24, 2023 (Sunday);
New Year’s Eve – December 31, 2023 (Sunday).

Holiday calendar in Germany 2023

Holidays in Germany 2023 — Red – public holidays; yellow – regional public holidays; green – unofficial holidays.

Official holidays in Baden-Württemberg 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
January 6, 2023 – Epiphany (Friday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 9, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
November 1, 2023 – All Saints Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Bavaria 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
January 6, 2023 – Epiphany (Friday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
August 15, 2023 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tuesday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
November 1, 2023 – All Saints Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Berlin 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
March 8, 2023 – International Women’s Day (Tuesday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Brandenburg 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
May 28, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Bremen 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Hamburg 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Hesse 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Lower Saxony 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
November 1, 2023 – All Saints Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Rhineland-Palatinate 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
November 1, 2023 – All Saints Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Saarland 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
June 8, 2023 – Corpus Christi (Thursday);
August 15, 2023 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tuesday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
November 1, 2023 – All Saints Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Saxony 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
November 22, 2023 – Day of Prayer and Repentance (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Saxony-Anhalt 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
January 6, 2023 – Epiphany (Friday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Schleswig-Holstein 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

Official holidays in Thuringia 2023

January 1, 2023 – New Year (Sunday);
April 7, 2023 – Good Friday (Friday);
April 17, 2023 – Easter (Sunday);
April 10, 2023 – Easter Monday (Monday);
May 1, 2023 – Labor Day (Sunday);
May 18, 2023 – Ascension (Thursday);
June 5, 2023 – Pentecost (Sunday);
May 29, 2023 – Trinity Monday (Monday);
September 20, 2023 – Children’s Day (Wednesday);
October 3, 2023 – German Unity Day (Tuesday);
October 31, 2023 – Reformation Day (Wednesday);
December 25, 2023 – Christmas (Monday);
December 26, 2023 – Boxing Day (Tuesday).

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