2016 German holidays

For planning purposes, the following is a list of 2016 German holidays:

• Jan. 1: New Year’s

• Jan. 6: Three Kings’ Day official holiday only in the states of Bavaria, Sachsen and Baden-Wuerttemberg

• Feb. 8: Rose Monday not a legal holiday

• Feb. 9: Shrove Tuesday Fasching, not a legal holiday

• Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday not a legal holiday

• March 25: Good Friday

• March 27 and 28: Easter

• May 1: Labor Day

• May 5: Ascension Day

• May 15 and 16: Pentecost

• May 26: Corpus Christi Day official holiday only in the states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen and Sachsen

• Aug. 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin official holiday only in the states of Bavaria and Saarland

• Oct. 3: Unification Day

• Nov. 1: All Saints Day

• Dec. 25 and 26: Christmas