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Questions & Answers about Germany
CULTURAL LIFE
 Holidays
and Festivals
 Do
Germans have a lot of holidays?
On the whole, Germans have more holidays than Americans. In some states
as many as 16 legal holidays are celebrated each year, compared to 11
in the U.S. Holidays with a fixed date are never moved to a Monday, as
they are in the U.S.
| Neujahrstag |
January 1 |
New Year's Day |
| * Heilige Drei Könige |
January 6 |
Epiphany |
| Karfreitag |
March/April |
Good Friday |
| Ostersonntag |
March/April |
Easter Sunday |
| Ostermontag |
March/April |
Easter Monday |
| Tag der Arbeit |
May 1 |
Labor Day |
| Christi Himmelfahrt |
May/June |
Ascension Day |
| Pfingstsonntag |
May/June |
Pentecost Sunday |
| Pfingstmontag |
May/June |
Pentecost Monday |
| * Fronleichnam |
May/June |
Corpus Christi |
| * Maria Himmelfahrt |
August 15 |
Assumption Day |
| Tag der deutschen Einheit |
October 3 |
Day of German Unity |
| * Allerheiligen |
November 1 |
All Saints Day |
| 1. Weihnachtstag |
December 25 |
Christmas Day |
| 2. Weihnachtstag |
December 26 |
Second Day of Christmas |
* Legal holidays only in some federal states
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