School holidays in Germany, 2027
Term breaks region by region, taken from the published education calendars. Schools add their own staff-training and free-choice days on top, so confirm the exact first and last day with your school.
School holiday dates 2027
Germany staggers its school holidays on purpose: the sixteen Länder rotate summer start dates across a window from late June to early August so the motorways and resorts are not all full at once. Dates below are the published Länder calendars for 2026/27 and 2027/28. Individual schools add a few beweglicher Ferientage of their own.
Bavaria
Christmas holidays
Starts: 24 Dec 2026
Ends: 8 Jan 2027
16 days
Carnival week (Faschingsferien)
Starts: 8 Feb 2027
Ends: 12 Feb 2027
5 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 22 Mar 2027
Ends: 3 Apr 2027
13 days
Whitsun holidays
Starts: 18 May 2027
Ends: 28 May 2027
11 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 31 Jul 2027
Ends: 13 Sep 2027
45 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 2 Nov 2027
Ends: 5 Nov 2027
4 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 24 Dec 2027
Ends: 7 Jan 2028
15 days
Baden-Württemberg
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2026
Ends: 9 Jan 2027
18 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 29 Mar 2027
Ends: 9 Apr 2027
12 days
Whitsun holidays
Starts: 18 May 2027
Ends: 28 May 2027
11 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 29 Jul 2027
Ends: 11 Sep 2027
45 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 25 Oct 2027
Ends: 29 Oct 2027
5 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2027
Ends: 8 Jan 2028
17 days
Berlin
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2026
Ends: 2 Jan 2027
11 days
Winter holidays
Starts: 1 Feb 2027
Ends: 6 Feb 2027
6 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 22 Mar 2027
Ends: 3 Apr 2027
13 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 8 Jul 2027
Ends: 20 Aug 2027
44 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 18 Oct 2027
Ends: 29 Oct 2027
12 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2027
Ends: 1 Jan 2028
10 days
North Rhine-Westphalia
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2026
Ends: 6 Jan 2027
15 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 22 Mar 2027
Ends: 3 Apr 2027
13 days
Whitsun (single day)
Starts: 18 May 2027
Ends: 18 May 2027
1 day
Summer holidays
Starts: 12 Jul 2027
Ends: 24 Aug 2027
44 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 11 Oct 2027
Ends: 23 Oct 2027
13 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2027
Ends: 6 Jan 2028
15 days
Hamburg
Christmas holidays
Starts: 21 Dec 2026
Ends: 1 Jan 2027
12 days
Spring holidays
Starts: 1 Mar 2027
Ends: 12 Mar 2027
12 days
May holidays
Starts: 10 May 2027
Ends: 14 May 2027
5 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 1 Jul 2027
Ends: 11 Aug 2027
42 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 4 Oct 2027
Ends: 15 Oct 2027
12 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 20 Dec 2027
Ends: 31 Dec 2027
12 days
Lower Saxony
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2026
Ends: 6 Jan 2027
15 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 22 Mar 2027
Ends: 6 Apr 2027
16 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 8 Jul 2027
Ends: 18 Aug 2027
42 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 11 Oct 2027
Ends: 22 Oct 2027
12 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2027
Ends: 5 Jan 2028
14 days
Hesse
Christmas holidays
Starts: 21 Dec 2026
Ends: 9 Jan 2027
20 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 29 Mar 2027
Ends: 9 Apr 2027
12 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 5 Jul 2027
Ends: 13 Aug 2027
40 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 4 Oct 2027
Ends: 16 Oct 2027
13 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 20 Dec 2027
Ends: 8 Jan 2028
20 days
Saxony
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2026
Ends: 2 Jan 2027
11 days
Winter holidays
Starts: 8 Feb 2027
Ends: 20 Feb 2027
13 days
Easter holidays
Starts: 26 Mar 2027
Ends: 5 Apr 2027
11 days
Summer holidays
Starts: 3 Jul 2027
Ends: 13 Aug 2027
42 days
Autumn holidays
Starts: 11 Oct 2027
Ends: 23 Oct 2027
13 days
Christmas holidays
Starts: 23 Dec 2027
Ends: 1 Jan 2028
10 days
Dates published by: the education ministries of the Länder, coordinated by the Kultusministerkonferenz. Official source
Public holidays that close schools anyway
Neujahr
New Year's Day · Nationwide
Heilige Drei Könige
Epiphany · Regional · DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-ST
Internationaler Frauentag
International Women's Day · Regional · DE-BE, DE-MV
Karfreitag
Good Friday · Nationwide
Ostersonntag
Easter Sunday · Regional · DE-BB
Ostermontag
Easter Monday · Nationwide
Tag der Arbeit
Labour Day · Nationwide
Christi Himmelfahrt
Ascension Day · Nationwide
Pfingstsonntag
Pentecost · Regional · DE-BB
Pfingstmontag
Whit Monday · Nationwide
Fronleichnam
Corpus Christi · Regional · DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-HE, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL
Mariä Himmelfahrt
Assumption Day · Regional · DE-SL
Weltkindertag
World Children's Day · Regional · DE-TH
Tag der Deutschen Einheit
German Unity Day · Nationwide
Reformationstag
Reformation Day · Regional · DE-BB, DE-MV, DE-SN, DE-ST, DE-TH, DE-HB, DE-HH, DE-NI, DE-SH
Allerheiligen
All Saints' Day · Regional · DE-BW, DE-BY, DE-NW, DE-RP, DE-SL
Buß- und Bettag
Repentance and Prayer Day · Regional · DE-SN
Erster Weihnachtstag
Christmas Day · Nationwide
Zweiter Weihnachtstag
St. Stephen's Day · Nationwide