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By law, "the Sundays and the public holidays remain protected as days of rest from work and of spiritual elevation" (Art. 139 WRV, part of the German constitution via Art. 140 GG). Thus all Sundays are, in a manner, public holidays – but usually not understood by the term "holiday" (except for, normally, Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday).
From 1954 to 1990, 17 June was an official holiday in the Federal Republic of Germany to commemorate the East German uprising of 1953, even with the name "Day of the German Unity". [8] Since 1963, it was proclaimed by the President of the Federal Republic as "National Day of Memorial of the German People".
After 3 October 1990, the day of unification of East Germany, East and West Berlin with the West German Federal Republic of Germany, Buß- und Bettag became a statutory non-working holiday in the East German states again. In 1994 the Federal Government of Germany passed a law organising the financing of the federal nursing care insurance. It ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Germany" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
10 August: Ruth Pfau, German physician and nun (born 1929) 15 August: Eberhard Jäckel, German historian (born 1929) 19 August: Karl Otto Götz, German painter (b. 1914) [5] 20 August: Margot Hielscher, German actress and singer (born 1919) 20 August: Wilhelm Killmayer, German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher ...
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Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2025 Date Day 1 January 2025: New Year's Day: 2 January 2025: Day following New Year's Day 17 April 2025 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 18 April 2025 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 21 April 2025 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2025: Labour Day: 9 May 2025 ...