Germany School Holidays 2020 - 2021

With about 83 million citizens, Germany is the most populated country within the European Union. The country is divided in 16 federal states called Bündeslander. These 16 each have their own school holidays based on the agenda set by the local governments. Although the dates do change, all German states roughly follow the same school calendar.

In this blog post we show you two overviews. The first overview shows the general school vacations calendar for Germany. This table gives you an idea about when Germany’s schools are out. Within the start and end date, each school will close their doors for a certain period. The exact dates, which varies by state, can be found below.

School Holiday	Start Date	End Date
Christmas Holidays	21.12.20	06.01.21
Winter Holidays	01.02.21	21.02.21
Easter Holidays	06.04.21	16.04.21
Whit Sunday Break	22.05.21	05.06.21
Summer Holidays	24.06.21	01.09.21
Autumn Holidays	02.10.21	29.10.21
Christmas Holidays	22.12.21	04.01.22
Autumn Holidays	10.10.22	28.10.22

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This is our overview of Germany’s school holidays 2020, 2021 and beyond. We will continuously update our overview when new school vacations are announced. The public holidays don’t change unless we spot errors. The school vacations and public holidays are also incorporated in our daily crowd prediction. Source: Germany Government.

Germany School Holidays 2020 – per Bundesland

School Holiday	Start Date	End Date	Bündesland
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	31/12/2020	Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	02/01/2021	Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	04/01/2021	Hamburg
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	05/01/2021	Sachsen-Anhalt
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	06/01/2021	Schleswig-Holstein
Christmas Holidays	21/12/2020	09/01/2021	Hessen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2020	02/01/2021	Thüringen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2020	06/01/2021	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2020	08/01/2021	Bremen, Niedersachsen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2020	09/01/2021	Bayern, Baden-Württemberg
Winter Holidays	01/02/2021	06/02/2021	Brandenburg, Berlin, Bremen
Winter Holidays	01/02/2021	02/02/2021	Niedersachsen
Winter Holidays	06/02/2021	18/02/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Winter Holidays	08/02/2021	20/02/2021	Sachsen
Winter Holidays	08/02/2021	13/02/2021	Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen
Winter Holidays	15/02/2021	19/02/2021	Saarland
Easter Holidays	01/03/2021	12/03/2021	Hamburg
Easter Holidays	27/03/2021	10/04/2021	Bremen
Easter Holidays	29/03/2021	10/04/2021	Bayern, Berlin, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Thüringen
Easter Holidays	29/03/2021	09/04/2021	Brandenburg, Niedersachsen
Easter Holidays	29/03/2021	07/04/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland
Easter Holidays	29/03/2021	06/04/2021	Rheinland-Pfalz
Easter Holidays	29/03/2021	03/04/2021	Sachsen-Anhalt
Easter Holidays	01/04/2021	16/04/2021	Schleswig-Holstein
Easter Holidays	02/04/2021	10/04/2021	Sachsen
Easter Holidays	06/04/2021	10/04/2021	Baden-Württemberg
Easter Holidays	06/04/2021	16/04/2021	Hessen
Whit Sunday Break	10/05/2021	14/05/2021	Hamburg
Whit Sunday Break	10/05/2021	22/05/2021	Sachsen-Anhalt
Whit Sunday Break	14/05/2021	25/05/2021	Bremen, Niedersachsen
Whit Sunday Break	14/05/2021	15/05/2021	Schleswig-Holstein
Whit Sunday Break	21/05/2021	25/05/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Whit Sunday Break	25/05/2021	05/06/2021	Baden-Württemberg
Whit Sunday Break	25/05/2021	04/06/2021	Baden-Württemberg
Whit Sunday Break	25/05/2021	02/06/2021	Rheinland-Pfalz
Whit Sunday Break	25/05/2021	28/05/2021	Saarland
Summer Holidays	21/06/2021	31/07/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schleswig-Holstein
Summer Holidays	21/06/2021	31/07/2021	Schleswig-Holstein
Summer Holidays	24/06/2021	06/08/2021	Berlin
Summer Holidays	24/06/2021	07/08/2021	Brandenburg
Summer Holidays	24/06/2021	04/08/2021	Hamburg
Summer Holidays	05/07/2021	17/08/2021	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Summer Holidays	19/07/2021	27/08/2021	Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland
Summer Holidays	22/07/2021	01/09/2021	Bremen, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt
Summer Holidays	22/07/2021	01/09/2021	Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Bremen
Summer Holidays	26/07/2021	03/09/2021	Sachsen
Summer Holidays	26/07/2021	04/09/2021	Thüringen
Summer Holidays	29/07/2021	11/09/2021	Baden-Württemberg
Summer Holidays	30/07/2021	13/09/2021	Bayern
Autumn Holidays	02/10/2021	09/10/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Autumn Holidays	04/10/2021	15/10/2021	Hamburg
Autumn Holidays	04/10/2021	16/10/2021	Schleswig-Holstein
Autumn Holidays	11/10/2021	23/10/2021	Hessen
Autumn Holidays	11/10/2021	22/10/2021	Rheinland-Pfalz
Autumn Holidays	11/10/2021	23/10/2021	Berlin, Brandenburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Autumn Holidays	18/10/2021	29/10/2021	Niedersachsen, Saarland
Autumn Holidays	18/10/2021	30/10/2021	Bremen
Autumn Holidays	18/10/2021	30/10/2021	Sachsen
Autumn Holidays	25/10/2021	06/11/2021	Thüringen
Autumn Holidays	25/10/2021	30/10/2021	Sachsen-Anhalt
Autumn Holidays	31/10/2021	06/11/2021	Baden-Württemberg
Autumn Holidays	02/11/2021	05/11/2021	Bayern
Christmas Holidays	22/12/2021	31/12/2021	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Christmas Holidays	22/12/2021	08/01/2022	Sachsen-Anhalt
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	31/12/2021	Rheinland-Pfalz
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	03/01/2022	Saarland
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	31/12/2021	Brandenburg
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	04/01/2022	Hamburg
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	08/01/2022	Schleswig-Holstein
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	08/01/2022	Hessen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	31/12/2021	Thüringen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	08/01/2022	Bremen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	07/01/2022	Bremen
Christmas Holidays	23/12/2021	08/01/2022	Baden-Württemberg
Christmas Holidays	24/12/2021	31/12/2021	Berlin
Christmas Holidays	24/12/2021	08/01/2022	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Christmas Holidays	24/12/2021	08/01/2022	Bayern

Public Holidays in Germany 2021

Individual states (Bundesländer) could have slightly different public holidays.

Public Holiday	Date
New Year’s Day	January 1, 2021
Epiphany	January 6, 2021
Good Friday	April 2, 2021
Easter Sunday	April 4, 2021
Easter Monday	April 5, 2021
Labour Day	May 1, 2021
Ascension Day	May 13, 2021
Whitsun	May 23, 2021
German Unity Day	October 3, 2021
All Saint’s Day	November 6, 2021
Christmas	December 25, 2021
Boxing Day	December 26, 2021