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Public holidays in Germany

Except for national holidays, public holidays in Germany (gesetzliche Feiertage) are determined by the states.

**Public Holidays**
Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Neujahr
January 6	Epiphany	Hl. Drei Könige	in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt
moveable	Good Friday	Karfreitag
moveable	Easter Monday	Ostermontag
May 1	May Day	Tag der Arbeit
moveable	Ascension Day	Christi Himmelfahrt
moveable	Whitmonday[?]	Pfingstmontag
moveable	Corpus Christi[?]	Fronleichnam	in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and some communities in Saxony and Thuringia
October 3	Assumption Day[?]	Mariä Himmelfahrt	in Saarland and Bavarian communities with mostly Catholic population
October 3	Day of German Reunification[?]	Tag der Deutschen Einheit	holiday since 1990
October 31	Reformation Day[?]	Reformationstag	in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Brandenburg
November 1	All Saints	Allerheiligen	in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, NRW, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
moveable	Penance Day[?]	Buß- und Bettag	only in Saxony
December 25	Christmas Day	1. Weihnachtsfeiertag
December 26	Boxing Day	2. Weihnachtsfeiertag

The only town in Germany which has its own additional public holiday is Augsburg. The Friedensfest ("Peace Festival") is celebrated on August 8.

Website of the German Department of the Interior (http://www.bmi.bund.de/dokumente/Lexikon-Modul/ix_20030.htm)

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