For planning purposes, the following is a list of German holidays in 2020:
- Jan. 1 – New Year’s Day
- Jan. 6 – Three Kings’ Day (official holiday in the states of Bayern, Sachsen, and Baden-Württemberg only)
- Feb. 24 – Rose Monday (no legal holiday)
- Feb. 25 – Shrove Tuesday (Fasching – no legal holiday)
- Feb. 26 – Ash Wednesday (no legal holiday)
- April 10 – Good Friday
- April 12 & 13 – Easter
- May 1 – Labor Day
- May 21 – Ascension Day
- May 31 – Pentecost
- June 1 – Pentecost
- June 11 – Corpus Christi Day (official holiday in the states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, and Sachsen)
- Oct. 3 – Unification Day
- Nov. 1 – All Saints Day
- Dec. 25 & 26 – Christmas