Public holidays · one federal state
Holidays in Bavaria 2026
14 public holidays in Bavaria 2026 — 9 nationwide and 3 regional, plus 2 local only (individual municipalities).
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All holidays in 2026
| Day | Date | Holiday | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 1 Jan 2026 | New Year's Day | nationwide | past |
| Tue | 6 Jan 2026 | Epiphany | regional | past |
| Fri | 3 Apr 2026 | Good Friday | nationwide | past |
| Mon | 6 Apr 2026 | Easter Monday | nationwide | past |
| Fri | 1 May 2026 | Labour Day | nationwide | past |
| Thu | 14 May 2026 | Ascension Day | nationwide | past |
| Mon | 25 May 2026 | Whit Monday | nationwide | past |
| Thu | 4 Jun 2026 | Corpus Christi | regional | past |
| Sat | 8 Aug 2026 | Augsburg Peace Festival | local | in 4 days |
| Sat | 15 Aug 2026 | Assumption of Mary | local | in 11 days |
| Sat | 3 Oct 2026 | German Unity Day | nationwide | in 60 days |
| Sun | 1 Nov 2026 | All Saints' Day | regional | in 89 days |
| Fri | 25 Dec 2026 | Christmas Day | nationwide | in 143 days |
| Sat | 26 Dec 2026 | St. Stephen's Day | nationwide | in 144 days |
Best bridge day in Bavaria
One vacation day, 5 days off
Good Friday falls on a Friday (3 Apr 2026). Take the bridge day off and you get a multi-day stretch out of office.
Fri 3.freiHolidaySat 4.freiSaturdaySun 5.freiSundayMon 6.freiHolidayTue 7.frei1 vacation day
Other federal states
- Baden-Württemberg12 holidays
- Berlin10 holidays
- Brandenburg12 holidays
- Bremen10 holidays
- Hamburg10 holidays
- Hesse10 holidays
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern11 holidays
- Lower Saxony10 holidays
- North Rhine-Westphalia11 holidays
- Rhineland-Palatinate11 holidays
- Saarland12 holidays
- Saxony12 holidays
- Saxony-Anhalt11 holidays
- Schleswig-Holstein10 holidays
- Thuringia12 holidays