Maybe you are planning your next holiday to your desired place. But, oops, you have school kids, so you have to plan your holiday by adjusting your kid’s school holiday.
Types of school holidays in Germany
The six types of school breaks in Germany are:
- Autumn holiday (Herbstferien) – two weeks
- Christmas holiday (Weihnachtsferien) – usually two weeks
- Winter holiday (Winterferien) – between a few days and two weeks
- Easter holiday (Osterferien) – two to three weeks
- Whitsun holiday (Pfingstferien) – between a few days and two weeks
- Summer holiday (Sommerferien) – six to seven weeks
School holidays in Germany 2021-2022
See below for the official school holiday dates for primary and secondary schools in Germany, according to the federal state:
Baden-Württemberg school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 31 – November 6, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021Â – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: —
- Easter holiday: April 14Â – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7 – June 18, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 28 – September 10, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 4
Bavaria school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: November 2 – November 5, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 24, 2021Â – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: February 28 – March 3, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7 – June 18, 2022
- Summer holiday: August 1Â – September 12, 2022
Berlin school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 11 – October 23, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 24, 2021Â – December 31, 2021
- Winter holiday: January 29Â – February 5, 2022
- Bridge day: March 7, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 23, 2022
- Bridge day: May 27, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 7 – August 19, 2022
Brandenburg school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 11 – October 23, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23 – December 31, 2021
- Winter holiday: January 31 – February 5, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: —
- Summer holiday: July 7 – August 20, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 1
Bremen school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 18 – October 30, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021 – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: January 31Â – February 1, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 4 – April 19, 2022
- Bridge day: May 27, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 14Â – August 24, 2022
Hamburg school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 4 – October 15, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021Â – January 4, 2022
- Winter holiday: January 28, 2022
- Easter holiday: March 7 – March 18, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: May 23 – May 27, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 7Â – August 17, 2022
Hesse school holidays – 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 11 – October 23, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021Â – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: —
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: —
- Summer holiday: July 25 – September 2, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 5
Lower Saxony school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 18 – October 29, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021Â – January 7, 2022
- Winter holiday: January 31 – February 1, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 4 – April 19, 2022
- Bridge day: May 27, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 14 – August 24, 2022
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 2 – October 9, 2021
- Bridge says: November 1 – November 2, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 22 – December 31, 2021
- Winter holiday: February 5 – February 17, 2022
- Bridge day: February 18, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 20, 2022
- Bridge day: May 27, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 3Â – June 7, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 4 – August 13, 2022
North Rhine-Westphalia school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 11 – October 23, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 24, 2021Â – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: —
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: —
- Summer holiday: June 27Â – August 9, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 3
Rhineland-Palatinate school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 11 – October 22, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23 – December 31, 2021
- Winter holiday: February 21 – February 25, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 13 – April 22, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: —
- Summer holiday: July 25 – September 2, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 6
Saarland school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 18 – October 29, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021Â – January 3, 2022
- Winter holiday: February 21 – March 1, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 14 – April 22, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: June 7 – June 10, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 25 – September 2, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 1
Saxony school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 18 – October 30, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021 – January 1, 2022
- Winter holiday: February 12 – February 26, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 15 – April 23, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: May 27, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 18Â – August 26, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 1
Saxony-Anhalt school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 25 – October 30, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 22, 2021 – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday: February 12 – February 19, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 11 – April 16, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: May 23 – May 28, 2020
- Summer holiday: July 14 – August 24, 2020
- Moveable holidays: 3
Schleswig-Holstein school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 4 – October 16, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23, 2021 – January 8, 2022
- Winter holiday:Â —
- Easter holiday: April 4Â – April 16, 2022
- Whitsun holiday: May 27 – May 28, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 4 – August 13, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 3
Thuringia school holidays 2021-2022
- Autumn holiday: October 25 – November 6, 2021
- Christmas holiday: December 23 – December 31, 2021
- Winter holiday: February 12 – February 19, 2022
- Easter holiday: April 6 – April 18, 2020
- Whitsun holiday: May 27, 2022
- Summer holiday: July 18Â – August 27, 2022
- Moveable holidays: 2
A regular and very important questions from Parents in Germany :
Can I take my child on vacation outside of the school holiday periods?
As school attendance is compulsory, as a rule, the German government does not permit parents to take children on holiday during term-time. Parents who do so can be issued fines of up to 1.000 euros for enabling truancy. You can, however, apply to the headteacher at your child’s school for an exemption to legally take your children out of school before the start of the holidays.
