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The following days are public holidays or dates of significance in Germany:

• New Year’s Day (Neujahrstag) – 1st of January
• Day of Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism – 27th of January
• Valentine’s Day (Valentinstag) – 14th of February
• Rose Monday/Shrove Monday (Rosenmontag) – Monday before Ash Wednesday
• Carnival (Fastnacht) – Day after Rose Monday
• Ash Wednesday/End of Carnival (Aschermittwoch/End of Karneval) – Varies each year
• Walpurgis Night – 30th of April
• May Day/Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit) – 1st of May
• Father’s Day (³Õ²¹³Ù±ð°ù³Ù²¹²µ/²Ñä²Ô²Ô±ð°ù³Ù²¹²µ) – Varies each year
• Mother’s Day (Muttertag) – Varies each year
• German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) – 3rd of October
• Remembrance Day (Volkstrauertag) – Two Sundays before the 1st Advent
• New Year’s Eve (Sylvester/Silvester) – 31st of December

Christian Holidays and Observances

• Epiphany (Heilige Drei Könige) – 6th of January
• Easter (Ostern) – Varies each year
• Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt) – Varies each year
• Pentecost (Pfingstsonntag) – Varies each year
• Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag) – Varies each year
• Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) – Varies each year
• Assumption of Mary (Maria Himmelfahrt) – Varies each year
• Harvest Festival (Erntedankfest) – 1st Sunday in October
• Reformation Day (Reformationstag) – 31st of October
• All Saints Day (Allerheiligen) – 1st of November
• All Souls’ Day (Allerseelen) – 2nd of November
• St. Martin’s Day – 11th of November
• Sunday of the Dead (Totensonntag) – Sunday before the 1st Advent
• 1st Advent – 1st Sunday in December
• St. Nicholas Day (Nikolaus) – 6th of December
• Immaculate Conception (Maria Empfängnis) – 2nd Saturday before the 2nd Advent
• 2nd Advent – 2nd Sunday in December
• 3rd Advent – 3rd Sunday in December
• 4th Advent – 4th Sunday in December
• Christmas Eve (Heiliger Abend/Heiligabend) – 24th of December
• Christmas Day (Weihnachtstag) – 25th of December
• St. Stephen’s Day/Boxing Day (Zweiter Weihnachtstag) – 26th of December