German holidays in 2017

The following is a list of German holidays in 2017:

• Jan. 1: New Year’s Day
• Jan. 6: Three Kings’ Day, official holiday in Bavaria, Sachsen and Baden-Wuerttemberg only
• Feb. 27: Rose Monday, not a legal holiday
• Feb. 28: Shrove Tuesday — Fasching, not a legal holiday
• March 1: Ash Wednesday, not a legal holiday
• April 14: Good Friday
• April 16 and 17: Easter
• May 1: Labor Day
• May 25: Ascension Day
• June 4 and 5: Pentecost
• June 15: Corpus Christi Day, official holiday in the states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, 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