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Public holidays 2026 in Bavaria (Bayern)

13 public holidays. 4 of them fall on a weekend and bring no day off.

Holiday on a working day falls on a weekend Between 06/01 and 03/04 there are 86 days without one.
Holiday Date Day
Neujahr New Year’s Day 1 January 2026 Thursday
Heilige Drei Könige Epiphany not nationwide 6 January 2026 Tuesday
Karfreitag Good Friday 3 April 2026 Friday
Ostermontag Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Monday
Tag der Arbeit Labour Day 1 May 2026 Friday
Christi Himmelfahrt Ascension Day 14 May 2026 Thursday
Pfingstmontag Whit Monday 25 May 2026 Monday
Fronleichnam Corpus Christi not nationwide 4 June 2026 Thursday
Mariä Himmelfahrt Assumption Day not statewide 15 August 2026 Saturday
Tag der Deutschen Einheit German Unity Day 3 October 2026 Saturday
Allerheiligen All Saints’ Day not nationwide 1 November 2026 Sunday
1. Weihnachtstag Christmas Day 25 December 2026 Friday
2. Weihnachtstag Second Day of Christmas 26 December 2026 Saturday

Not everywhere in Bavaria:

Augsburger Friedensfest (Augsburg Peace Festival), 08/08: a public holiday only in the city of Augsburg, not across the whole state, so it is not in the list above.

Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption Day), 15/08: applies only in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population, not across the whole state. It is counted in the list above.

How Bavaria differs from other states

In 2026, 252 working days remain from Monday to Friday, 2 fewer than with the nationwide holidays alone (254). No state has fewer.

A day off here, not elsewhere

  • Heilige Drei Könige (Epiphany), 06/01 (Tuesday)
  • Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), 04/06 (Thursday)
  • Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption Day), 15/08 (Saturday), no extra day off
  • Allerheiligen (All Saints’ Day), 01/11 (Sunday), no extra day off

A day off elsewhere, not here

  • Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), 08/03
  • Ostersonntag (Easter Sunday), 05/04
  • Pfingstsonntag (Whit Sunday), 24/05
  • Weltkindertag (World Children’s Day), 20/09
  • Reformationstag (Reformation Day), 31/10
  • Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer), 18/11

Other years and states

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These holidays in your leave plan

Tiveo applies them per person, based on the state where they work. Someone in Munich gets Assumption Day off, while a colleague in Neuss does not. A single company-wide holiday calendar can’t show that.

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