Holidays and Observances in Germany in 2003
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Wednesday | New Year's Day | National Holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany | Observance, Christian | NDS*, SN, TH |
| Jan 6 | Monday | Epiphany | Common Local Holiday | BW, BY, ST |
| Jan 22 | Wednesday | Franco-German Day | Observance | |
| Jan 27 | Monday | Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism | Observance | |
| Feb 12 | Wednesday | Eid al-Adha | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Feb 14 | Friday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 3 | Monday | Shrove Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 4 | Tuesday | Carnival Tuesday | Observance | |
| Mar 5 | Wednesday | Carnival / Ash Wednesday | Silent Day | |
| Mar 8 | Saturday | International Women's Day | Observance | |
| Mar 14 | Friday | Ashura | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Mar 17 | Monday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 21 | Friday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 30 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 13 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 17 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Silent Day | Bavaria |
| Apr 17 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Observance, Christian | All except BY |
| Apr 17 | Thursday | First Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 18 | Friday | Good Friday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 18 | Friday | Second Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 19 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Silent Day | BY, HE, NDS, RLP, SL |
| Apr 20 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Brandenburg |
| Apr 20 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Apr 21 | Monday | Easter Monday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Apr 22 | Tuesday | Sixth Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 23 | Wednesday | German Beer Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Wednesday | Seventh Day of Passover | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Apr 24 | Thursday | Girls' Day / Boys' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 30 | Wednesday | Walpurgis Night | Observance | |
| May 1 | Thursday | May Day | National Holiday | |
| May 5 | Monday | Europe Day (Council of Europe) | Observance | |
| May 8 | Thursday | Anniversary of the End of World War II | Observance | B, BB, HB, MVP, TH |
| May 9 | Friday | Europe Day (European Union) | Observance | |
| May 11 | Sunday | Mother’s Day | Observance | |
| May 23 | Friday | Constitution Day | Observance | |
| May 29 | Thursday | Father’s Day | Observance | |
| May 29 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 1 | Sunday | International Children's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 3 | Tuesday | European Bicycle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 6 | Friday | First Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Jun 7 | Saturday | Second Day of Shavuot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Jun 8 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | All except BB |
| Jun 8 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Brandenburg |
| Jun 9 | Monday | Whit Monday | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Jun 15 | Sunday | Car-free Sunday | Observance | |
| Jun 19 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian, Common Local Holiday | BW, BY, HE, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Jun 21 | Saturday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 24 | Tuesday | St. John’s Day | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Jun 28 | Saturday | Architecture Day | Observance | |
| Jun 29 | Sunday | Feast of Saints Peter and Paul | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption of Mary | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Bavaria*, Saarland |
| Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption of Mary | Observance, Christian | Saxony, Thuringia |
| Sep 1 | Monday | Anti War Day | Observance | |
| Sep 13 | Saturday | German Language Day | Observance | |
| Sep 14 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Saturday | German World Children's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Saturday | First day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Observance | Bavaria |
| Sep 23 | Tuesday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 26 | Friday | German Sandwich Day | Observance | |
| Sep 27 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Sep 28 | Sunday | Second Day of Rosh Hashana | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Oct 3 | Friday | Day of German Unity | National Holiday | |
| Oct 5 | Sunday | Harvest Festival | Observance | |
| Oct 5 | Sunday | Last day of Wiesn (Oktoberfest) | Observance | Bavaria |
| Oct 6 | Monday | Yom Kippur | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, NRW, SL |
| Oct 11 | Saturday | First day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 12 | Sunday | Second Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | BY, HB, SL |
| Oct 16 | Thursday | Sixth Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 17 | Friday | Seventh Day of Sukkot | Observance, Hebrew | Bavaria |
| Oct 18 | Saturday | Shemini Atzeret | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen, Saarland |
| Oct 19 | Sunday | Simchat Torah | Observance, Hebrew | Bremen |
| Oct 26 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock Change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 30 | Thursday | World Thrift Day | Observance | |
| Oct 31 | Friday | Reformation Day | Common Local Holiday | BB, MVP, SN, ST, TH |
| Oct 31 | Friday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day | Observance, Christian | HB, NDS*, SN, TH |
| Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day | Silent Day, public holiday | BW, BY, NRW, RLP, SL |
| Nov 2 | Sunday | All Souls' Day | Silent Day | Lower Saxony* |
| Nov 9 | Sunday | Night of Broken Glass Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Nov 9 | Sunday | 9th of November | Observance | Berlin |
| Nov 9 | Sunday | Fall of the Berlin Wall | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Tuesday | St. Martin's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Nov 16 | Sunday | National Day of Mourning | Silent Day | |
| Nov 19 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Christian, Common Local Holiday | Saxony |
| Nov 19 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Observance, Christian | BW, HE, NDS, RLP, TH |
| Nov 19 | Wednesday | Repentance Day | Silent Day | Bavaria, Saarland |
| Nov 23 | Sunday | Sunday of the Dead | Silent Day | |
| Nov 26 | Wednesday | Eid ul Fitr | Observance, Muslim | Bremen, Hamburg |
| Nov 30 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 6 | Saturday | Saint Nicholas Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 7 | Sunday | Second Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 8 | Monday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance, Christian | Saxony |
| Dec 14 | Sunday | Third Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 21 | Sunday | Fourth Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 22 | Monday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | Silent Day | |
| Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 26 | Friday | Boxing Day | National Holiday, Christian | |
| Dec 31 | Wednesday | New Year's Eve | Bank holiday | |
* Observed only in some communities of this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. | ||||
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