If you or someone in your family attends school in Germany, it’s important to know when the school holidays are. Each state’s education department decides on the dates for school terms and breaks in Germany. Note that national holidays like Christmas Day and New Year’s Day are already included in these break periods even if they are not specifically mentioned.
Below is a table showing the school holidays in Germany for 2020. Please keep in mind that all dates are subject to errors and changes.
| Holiday | Date | State |
| — | — | — |
| Bridge day | 04-10-2019 | Berlin |
| Autumn holiday | from 30-09-2019 to 12-10-2019 | Hesse, Rhineland Palatinate |
| Autumn holiday | from 04-10-2019 to 12-10-2019 | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Autumn holiday | from 04-10-2019 to 18-10-2019 | Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Autumn holiday | from 07-10-2019 to 19-10-2019 | Berlin, Saarland, Thuringia |
| Autumn holiday | from 14-10-2019 to 26-10-2019 | North-Rhine Westphalia, Saxony |
| Autumn holiday | 28-10-2019 to 30-10-2019 | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria |
| Bridge day | 01-11-2019 | Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Christmas holiday | from 20-12-2019 to 03-01-2020 | Hamburg, Saxony, Thuringia |
| Christmas holiday | from 21-12-2019 to 06-01-2020 | Bremen |
| Christmas holiday | from 23-12-2019 to 04-01-2020 | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Saarland, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Christmas holiday | from 23-12-2019 to 06-01-2020 | Lower Saxony, North-Rhine Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Christmas holiday | from 23-12-2019 to 11-01-2020 | Hesse |
| Winter holiday | 31-01-2020 | Hamburg |
| Winter holiday | from 03-02-2020 to 04-02-2020 | Bremen, Lower Saxony |
| Winter holiday | from 03-02-2020 to 08-02-2020 | Berlin, Brandenburg |
| Winter holiday | from 10-02-2020 to 14-02-2020 | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia |
| Winter holiday | from 10-02-2020 to 21-02-2020 | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Saxony |
| Winter holiday | from 17-02-2020 to 21-02-2020 | Rhineland Palatinate |
| Winter holiday | from 17-02-2020 to 25-02-2020 | Saarland |
| Winter holiday | from 24-02-2020 to 28-02-2020 | Bavaria |
| Easter holiday | from 02-03-2020 to 13-03-2020 | Hamburg |
| Easter holiday | from 30-03-2020 to 17-04-2020 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Easter holiday | from 06-04-2020 to 11-04-2020 | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Easter holiday | from 06-04-2020 to 18-04-2020 | North-Rhine Westphalia, Thuringia |
| Easter holiday | from 09-04-2020 to 17-04-2020 | Rhineland Palatinate |
| Easter holiday | from 10-04-2020 to 18-04-2020 | Saxony |
| Easter holiday | from 14-04-2020 to 24-04-2020 | Saarland |
| Easter holiday | from 28-03-2020 to 14-04-2020 | Bremen, Lower Saxony |
| Easter holiday | from 06-04-2020 to 18-04-2020 | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse |
| Labour day | 01-05-2020 | National |
| Ascension day | 21-05-2020 | National |
| Bridge day | 22-05-2020 | Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Lower Saxony |
| Whitsun holiday | from 18-05-2020 to 22-05-2020 | Hamburg |
| Whitsun holiday | from 18-05-2020 to 30-05-2020 | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Whitsun holiday | 22-05-2020 | Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia |
| Whitsun holiday | from 29-05-2020 to 02-06-2020 | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania |
| Whitsun holiday | 02-06-2020 | Lower Saxony, North-Rhine Westphalia |
| Whitsun holiday | from 02-06-2020 to 13-06-2020 | Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria |
| Whitsun holiday | 11-06-2020 | Bremen |
| Summer holiday | from 22-06-2020 to 01-08-2020 | Mecklenburg-West Pomerania |
| Summer holiday | from 29-06-2020 to 11-08-2020 | North-Rhine Westphalia |
| Summer holiday | from 06-07-2020 to 14-08-2020 | Hesse, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland |