Is the veteran day 2025 a legal holiday in Germany? And when is he?

Germany has a new commemoration day: in 2024 the Bundestag voted with a large majority for the introduction of a veteran day. Is the veteran day 2025 also a legal holiday?

By the way: you get from us The dates for all statutory holidays in Germany.

Date: When is the Veteran Day 2025?

The veteran day is a new commemoration day that the Federal Parliament recently decided. The date is June 15th. The date remains the same every year.

In the USA will be the veterans day celebrated on November 11th. It was introduced in 1919 and serves as a commemoration day of those who fell in the war. Also the Memorial Day on May 27th is in the USA In the sign of fallen soldiers. It even took place in front of the Veterans Day for the first time – on May 30, 1868.

Is the veteran day a legal holiday?

The veteran day is not a legal holiday – so on June 15th is not free of work. Nevertheless, the day is important, because it is recorded as a national day of commemoration.

Further national commemoration days in Germany are the following according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior and for home:

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• January 27: Day of commemoration to the victims of National Socialism
• March 11: National Memorial Day for the victims of terrorist violence
• June 15: Veteran Day
• June 17: Memorial Day for the victims of the popular uprising in East Berlin and the GDR
• June 20: Memorial Day for the victims of flight and displacement
• July 20: Memory of resistance to National Socialist tyranny in Berlin in 1944
• October 3: the Day of German unity is the only national day of commemoration that is also set as a legal holiday in all federal states.
• Memorial Day; movable date – annually on the 2nd Sunday before the 1st Advent: Memorial Day for the victims of war and tyranny

Some of these commemorative days are Flags on official employer buildings and other government institutions on half mast.

Veteran day: What is the meaning of the remembrance day?

According to the Federal Center for Political Education (BPB), memorial days provide an « insight into the respective handling of history » and also have a political, social and economic function. On the day of German unity, for example, not only the important historical event should celebrate, but also « the integration of both German sub -societies are promoted, » as the BPB writes.

The national veteran day is also said to be a sign of society. « Because if we speak over 10 million veterans today, we must and do not want to forget the ones who have paid their commitment to their nation with the highest well, their health and life. We all think of them all, » said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in the plenary.

The veteran day should not only improve appreciation and awareness among the population, but also the care of the veterans – especially aftercare after missions abroad – and whose families are improved, as the Bundestag reports.