Germany

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Germany for 2023 ready to be integrated into your application.

The northern European region, spanning Central and Western Europe is known as Germany. This country’s history can be traced back to before AD 100. Germanic tribes migrated throughout the lands, expanding towards the south. By the 10th century, German territories were part of the Holy Roman Empire. The German Confederation formed in 1815, after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1871, German states united to form the Great German Empire. From 1933-1945, the Nazi party seized control of Germany’s government. After World War II, West Germany and East Germany were established. Communist rule in Germany ended in 1989, and Germany was unified on October 3, 1990, and officially became the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Sunday New Year's Day
January 6th Friday Epiphany Only in certain areas. Long weekend.
March 8th Wednesday International Women's Day Only in certain areas.
March 20th Monday March Equinox Long weekend.
April 7th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 9th Sunday Easter Only in certain areas.
April 10th Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Monday Labor Day Long weekend.
May 14th Sunday Mother's Day
May 18th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
May 18th Thursday Father's Day
May 28th Sunday Pentecost Sunday Only in certain areas.
May 29th Monday Pentecost Monday Long weekend.
June 8th Thursday Feast of Corpus Christi Only in certain areas.
June 21st Wednesday June Solstice
August 15th Tuesday Assumption of Mary Only in certain areas.
September 20th Wednesday World Children's Day Only in certain areas.
September 23rd Saturday September Equinox
October 3rd Tuesday German Unity Day
October 31st Tuesday Reformation Day Only in certain areas.
November 1st Wednesday All Saints' Day Only in certain areas.
November 22nd Wednesday Repentance and Prayer Day Only in certain areas.
December 22nd Friday December Solstice Long weekend.
December 24th Sunday Christmas Eve
December 25th Monday First Day of Christmastide Long weekend.
December 26th Tuesday Second Day of Christmastide
December 31st Sunday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="DE" -d year="2023" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "DE",
  "year": "2023",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'DE',
  year: '2023',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'DE',
  'year' => '2023',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "DE"
$Body.year = "2023"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'DE',
  'year': '2023',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'DE',
  'year': '2023',
})