German Holidays (Feiertage) 2009

Regional and National German public Holidays  2009

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Day	Weekday	C	Feiertag	Holiday
1-Jan	Tue	N	Neujahr	New Years Day
6-Jan	Sun	R	Heilige Drei Koenige (only in BW, BY, ST)	Epiphany Three kings
23-Feb	Mon	O	Rosenmontag
24-Feb	Tue	O	Fastnacht	Mardi GrasCarneval
25-Feb	Wed	O	Aschermittwoch	Ash Wednesday
10-Apr	Fri	N	Karfreitag	Good Friday
12-Apr	Sun	S	Ostersonntag	Easter
13-Apr	Mon	N	Ostermontag	Easter Monday
1-May	Fri	N	Maifeiertag	Labor Day
21-May	Thu	N	Christi Himmelfahrt	Ascension Day
21-May	Thu	S	Vatertag	Father's Day
10-May	Sun	S	Muttertag	Mothers Day
31-May	Sun	S	Pfingsten	Pentecost
1-Jun	Mon	N	Pfingstmontag	Whit Monday
11-Jun	Thu	R	Fronleichnam (only BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL and parts of SN und TH)	Corpus Christi
8-Aug	Sat	R	Friedensfest (Augsburg only)
15-Aug	Sat	R	Maria Himmelfahrt (SL and Parts of BY)	Assumption
3-Oct	Sat	N	Tag der Deutschen Einheit	Day of German Unity
31-Oct	Sat	R	Reformationstag (only in BB, MV, SN, ST und TH)	Reformation Day
1-Nov	Sun	R	Allerheiligen (only in BW, BY, NW, RP und SL)	All Saints' Day
15-Nov	Sun	S	Volkstrauertag	German veterans day observance
18-Nov	Wed	R	Buss- und Bettag (only in SN)	Day of Prayer and Repentance
22-Nov	Sun	S	Totensonntag	Mourning Sunday
24-Dec	Thu	O	Heiligabend	Christmas Eve
25-Dec	Fri	N	1. Weihnachtstag	Christmas Day
26-Dec	Sat	N	2. Weihnachtstag	Second Day of Christmas
31-Dec	Do	O	Silvester	New Year's Eve

N = National Holiday
R = Regional Holiday – only in some States (Bundesländer)
S = Sunday – Holiday falls always on a Sunday (i.e Easter)
O= Other Holidays

BW = Baden-Württemberg, BY = Bayern, BE = Berlin, BB =Brandenburg, HB = Hansestadt Bremen, HH = Hansestadt Hamburg, HE = Hessen, MV =Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, NI = Niedersachsen, NW = Nordrhein-Westfalen, RP =Rheinland-Pfalz, SL = Saarland, SN = Sachsen, ST = Sachsen-Anhalt, SH = Schleswig-Holstein, TH = Thüringen

The Holidays (Feiertage) 2008 can be found here: Holidays 2008