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Public holidays in Germany 2016

Overview of 45 public holidays and observances in Germany for 2016, including 11 official public holidays. Dates are shown with the day of the week.

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Public holidays

Date	Name
1 January 2016 (Friday)	New Year's Day
25 March 2016 (Friday)	Good Friday
27 March 2016 (Sunday)	Easter Sunday
28 March 2016 (Monday)	Easter Monday
1 May 2016 (Sunday)	Labour Day
5 May 2016 (Thursday)	Ascension Day
15 May 2016 (Sunday)	Whit Sunday
16 May 2016 (Monday)	Whit Monday
3 October 2016 (Monday)	German Unity Day
25 December 2016 (Sunday)	Christmas Day
26 December 2016 (Monday)	Boxing Day

Observances

Date	Name
8 February 2016 (Monday)	Rose Monday
10 February 2016 (Wednesday)	Ash Wednesday
14 February 2016 (Sunday)	Valentine's Day
8 May 2016 (Sunday)	Mother's Day
11 November 2016 (Friday)	St Martin's Day
6 December 2016 (Tuesday)	St Nicholas' Day
24 December 2016 (Saturday)	Christmas Eve
31 December 2016 (Saturday)	New Year's Eve

Baden-Württemberg

Date	Name
6 January 2016 (Wednesday)	Epiphany
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)	All Saints' Day

Bavaria

Date	Name
6 January 2016 (Wednesday)	Epiphany
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
15 August 2016 (Monday)	Assumption of Mary
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)	All Saints' Day

Brandenburg

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Bremen

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Hamburg

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Hesse

Date	Name
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi

Lower Saxony

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

North Rhine-Westphalia

Date	Name
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)	All Saints' Day

Rhineland-Palatinate

Date	Name
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)	All Saints' Day

Saarland

Date	Name
26 May 2016 (Thursday)	Corpus Christi
15 August 2016 (Monday)	Assumption of Mary
1 November 2016 (Tuesday)	All Saints' Day

Saxony

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day
16 November 2016 (Wednesday)	Day of Repentance

Saxony-Anhalt

Date	Name
6 January 2016 (Wednesday)	Epiphany
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Schleswig-Holstein

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day

Thuringia

Date	Name
31 October 2016 (Monday)	Reformation Day