For planning purposes, the following is a list of German holidays in 2007:
– Jan. 1 – New Year’s
– Jan. 6 – Three Kings’ Day (official holiday in Bavaria, Sachsen and Baden-Württemberg only)
– Feb. 19 – Rose Monday (no legal holiday)
– Feb. 20 – Shrove Tuesday (Fasching – no legal holiday)
– Feb. 21 – Ash Wednesday (no legal holiday)
– April 6 – Good Friday
– April 8 and 9 – Easter
– May 1 – Labor Day
– May 17 – Ascension Day
– May 27 and 28 – Pentecost
– June 7 – Corpus Christi Day (official holiday in the states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Sachsen)
– Aug. 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (only in Bavaria and Saarland)
– Oct. 3 – Unification Day
– Nov. 1 – All Saints Day
– Dec. 25 and 26 – Christmas