For planning purposes, following is a list of German holidays in 2013:
Jan. 1 — New Year’s
Jan. 6 — Three Kings’ Day (official holiday in Bavaria, Sachsen and Baden-Württemberg only)
Feb. 11 — Rose Monday (no legal holiday)
Feb. 12 — Shrove Tuesday (Fasching — no legal holiday)
Feb. 13 — Ash Wednesday (no legal holiday)
March 29 — Good Friday
March 31 and April 1 — Easter
May 1 — Labor Day
May 9 — Ascension Day
May 19 and 20 — Pentecost
May 30 — 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