All dates – when is the next holiday?

Which and how many holidays has North Rhine-Westphalia 2025 and 2026? All dates for NRW can be found in this article. You always know when the next holiday is.

Here you not only get an overview of the statutory holidays. You will also find out the appointments for other special days – including Heaved three kings, Mother’s Day or Reformation Day. The links lead to detailed articles on the days in question, which provide more information about meaning and customs.

How many legal holidays are there in NRW?

There are eleven holidays in NRW. Here, people also have a work -free or school -free or school -free on Corpus Christi and on All Saints – this is far from the case in every federal state. There are also the nine holidays that apply nationwide. An overview:

On the Reformation Day on October 31, the people here are not free and for example, for example, Heather three kings are not a holiday in NRW. So people have to go to work or school on these dates. The shops are open. Here are the specific holiday dates:

Holidays in NRW 2025

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• New Year: 01.01.2025 (Wednesday)
• Good Friday: April 18, 2025 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: April 21, 2025 (Monday)
• May 1st – Day of Labor: 01.05.2025 (Thursday)
• Ascension Day: May 29, 2025 (Thursday)
• Pentecost – Whit Monday: 09.06.2025 (Monday)
• Corpus Christi: 19.06.2025 (Thursday)
• German unity day: 03.10.2025 (Friday)
• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2025 (Saturday)
• 1st Christmas holiday: 25.12.2025 (Thursday)
• 2nd Christmas holiday: 26.12.2025 (Friday)

Nine Holidays 2025 and 2026 in Germany apply nationwide.

Holidays in NRW 2026

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• New Year: 01.01.2026 (Thursday)
• Good Friday: 04/03/2026 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: 06.04.2026 (Monday)
• May 1st – day of work: 01.05.2026 (Friday)
• Ascension Day: May 14, 2026 (Thursday)
• Pentecost – Whit Monday: 25.05.2026 (Monday)
• Corpus Christi: 04.06.2026 (Thursday)
• German unity day: 03.10.2026 (Saturday)
• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2026 (Sunday)
• 1st Christmas holiday: 25.12.2026 (Friday)
• 2nd Christmas holiday: 26.12.2026 (Saturday)

More special dates in NRW 2025 and 2026

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• Holy Three Kings: 06.01.2025, 06.01.2026
• Holocaust Memorial Day: 01/27/2025, 27.01.2026
• Valentine’s Day: 14.02.2025, 14.02.2026
• Women’s Fast Night: 27.02.2025, 12.02.2026
• Rose Monday: 03.03.2025, 16.02.2026
• Ash Wednesday: 05.03.2025, 02/18/2026
• Spring beginnings (meteorological): 01.03.2025, 01.03.2026
• International Women’s Day: 08.03.2025, 08.03.2026
• St. Patrick’s Day: 03/17/2025, 17.03.2026
• Josefag: 03/19/2025, March 19, 2026
• Spring beginnings (calendar): 20.03.2025, 20.03.2026
• Time change to summer time: 30.03.2025, 29.03.2026
• Palm Sunday: 04/13/2025, 29.03.2026
• Maundy Thursday: 04/17/2025, 02.04.2026
• Walpurgis night: 30.04.2025, 30.05.2026
• Liberation Day: 08.05.2025, 08.05.2026
• Ice saint: from 11.05.2025, from May 11th, 2026
• Mother’s Day: 11.05.2025, 10.05.2026
• Father’s Day: 29.05.2025, 14.05.2026
• International Children’s Day: 01.06.2025, 01.06.2026
• Summer beginnings (meteorological): 01.06.2025, 01.06.2026
• Summer beginnings (calendar) / summer solstice: 21.06.2025, 21.06.2026
• St. John’s day: 24.06.2025, 24.06.2026
• Dormouse day: 27.06.2025, 27.06.2026
• Peter and Paul: 29.06.2025, June 29, 2026
• Assumption Day: 15.08.2025, 15.08.2026
• Authorological autumn (meteorological): 01.09.2025, 01.09.2026
• World Children’s Day: 20.09.2025, 20.09.2026
• Autumn start (calendar): 22.09.2025, September 23, 2026
• Thanksgiving: 05.10.2025, 04.10.2026
• Time change to winter time: 26.10.2025, 25.10.2026
• Halloween: 31.10.2025, 31.10.2026
• Reformation day: 31.10.2025, 31.10.2026
• All -soul: 02.11.2025, 02.11.2026
• Carnival start: 11.11.2025, 11.11.2026
• Martin’s Day: 11.11.2025, 11.11.2026
• Memorial Day: 16.11.2025, 15.11.2026
• Day of Prayer and Repentance: 19.11.2025, 18.11.2026
• Sunday of the dead: 23.11.2025, 22.11.2026
• The beginning of winter (meteorological): 01.12.2025, 01.12.2026
• 1 Advent: 30.11.2025, 29.11.2026
• Barbara day: 04.12.2025, 04.12.2026
• Nicholas Day: 06.12.2025, 06.12.2026
• 2. Advent: 07.12.2025, 06.12.2026
• 3. Advent: 14.12.2025, 13.12.2026
• Winter start (calendar) – winter solstice: 21.12.2025, 21.12.2026
• 4. Advent: 21.12.2025, 20.12.2026
• Christmas Eve: 24.12.2025, 24.12.2026
• Rough night: from 25.12.2025, from 25.12.2026
• New Year’s Eve: 31.12.2025, December 31, 2026

Holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia with Corpus Christi and All Saints

Corpus Christi and All Saints are the two holidays in NRW, which are not available in all federal states. Here you can find out more about the meaning.

Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is only a holiday in six federal states in Germany – North Rhine -Westphalia is one of them. On the second Thursday after Pentecost, Jesus and his disciples are reminded of the last sacrament on this day. It is a high festival in the church year of the Catholic Church.

All Saints’ Day

All Saints’ Day on November 1st is also one of the holidays in North Rhine -Westphalia: As the name suggests, this day of all saints of the Catholic Church is commemorated.

Last holidays in NRW

2024

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• New Year: 01.01.2024 (Monday)
• Good Friday: March 29, 2024 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: 01.04.2024 (Monday)
• May 1 – day of work: 01.05.2024 (Wednesday)
• Ascension Day: 09.05.2024 (Thursday)
• Pentecost – Whit Monday: 20.05.2024 (Monday)
• Corpus Christi: 30.05.2024 (Thursday)
• German unity day: 03.10.2024 (Thursday)
• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2024 (Friday)
• 1st Christmas holiday: 25.12.2024 (Wednesday)
• 2nd Christmas holiday: 26.12.2024 (Thursday)

2023

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• New Year: 01.01.2023 (Sunday)
• Good Friday: 07/07/2023 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: 10.04.2023 (Monday)
• May 1st – Day of the work: 01.05.2023 (Monday)
• Ascension Day: 18.05.2023 (Thursday)
• Pentecost – Whit Monday: May 29, 2023 (Monday)
• Corpus Christi: 08.06.2023 (Thursday)
• German unity day: 03.10.2023 (Tuesday)
• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2023 (Wednesday)
• 1st Christmas holiday: 25.12.2023 (Monday)
• 2nd Christmas holiday: 26.12.2023 (Tuesday)

2022

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• New Year: 01.01.2022 (Saturday)
• Good Friday: 04/15/2022 (Friday)
• Easter – Easter Monday: April 18, 2022 (Monday)
• May 1st – Day of Labor: 01.05.2022 (Sunday)
• Ascension Day: May 26th, 2022 (Thursday)
• Pentecost – Whit Monday: 06.06.2022 (Monday)
• Corpus Christi: 16.06.2022 (Thursday)
• German unity day: 03.10.2022 (Monday)
• All Saints’ Day: 01.11.2022 (Tuesday)
• 1st Christmas holiday: 25.12.2022 (Sunday)
• 2nd Christmas holiday: 26.12.2022 (Monday)

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