Holiday planning 2025: When are the school holidays in your region?

Holiday planning 2025: When are the school holidays in your region?

Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland - Planning for the school holidays 2025 in Germany has started. Christmas holidays take place in all federal states; However, the winter holidays, also known as carnival holidays, differ between the regions. RuHR24 reports on the specific Ferientermine:

The winter holidays 2025 are scheduled as follows:

• Bavaria: 3. to March 7th
• Berlin: 3. to February 8th
• Brandenburg: 3rd to February 8th
• Bremen: 3rd and 4th February
• Hamburg: January 31
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 3rd to 14th February
• Lower Saxony: 3rd and 4th February
• Saarland: February 24 to March 4
• Saxony: February 17 to March 1
• Saxony-Anhalt: 27. to 31 January
• Thuringia: 3rd to February 8th

Overview of the Easter and summer vacation

The Easter holidays 2025 are scheduled for the period from April 18 to April 21. The exact dates for the individual federal states are:

• Baden-Württemberg: 14. to 26 April
• Bavaria: 14. to April 25th
• Berlin: 14. April 25; May 2nd and May 30th
• Brandenburg: 14. April 25; May 2nd and May 30th
• Bremen: 7. to April 19th
• Hamburg: 10. to 21 March
• Hessen: 7. to April 21st
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: 14th to 23rd April; May 30th
• Lower Saxony: 7. April 19; April 30th
• North Rhine-Westphalia: 14. to 26 April
• Rhineland-Palatinate: 14. to 25 April
• Saarland: 14. to 25 April
• Saxony: 18. April 25th; May 30th
• Sachsen-Anhalt: 7. to April 19th
• Schleswig-Holstein: 11. to 25 April
• Thuringia: 7. to April 19th

The summer vacation 2025 start in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in June, while North Rhine-Westphalia begins three weeks later. The exact periods are:

• Baden-Württemberg: July 31 to September 13th
• Bavaria: August 1st to September 15th
• Berlin: July 24th to September 6th
• Brandenburg: July 24th to September 6th
• Bremen: July 3 to August 13th
• Hamburg: July 24th to September 3
• Hessen: July 7th to August 15th
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: July 28th to September 6th
• Lower Saxony: July 3 to August 13th
• North Rhine-Westphalia: July 14th to August 26th
• Rhineland-Palatinate: July 7th to August 15th
• Saarland: July 7th to August 14th
• Saxony: June 28 to August 8th
• Saxony-Anhalt: June 28 to August 8th
• Schleswig-Holstein: July 28th to September 6th
• Thuringia: June 28 to August 8th

The autumn holidays 2025 begin in most federal states in October, whereas Bavaria has only vacation in early November. The stipulations are as follows:

• Baden-Württemberg: 27. to 31 October
• Bavaria: 3rd to 7th November; November 19
• Berlin: October 20 to November 1
• Brandenburg: October 20 to November 1
• Bremen: 13. to October 25th
• Hamburg: 20. to October 31
• Hessen: 6. to October 18
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: October 2; October 20 to 25; November 3
• Lower Saxony: 13. to October 25th
• North Rhine-Westphalia: 13. to 25 October
• Rhineland-Palatinate: 13. to October 24th
• Saarland: 13. to October 24th
• Sachsen: 6. to October 18
• Saxony-Anhalt: 13. to October 25th
• Schleswig-Holstein: 20. to 30 October
• Thuringia: 6. to October 18

The Christmas holidays 2025/2026 begin in most federal states on December 22nd and have the following dates:

• Baden-Württemberg: December 22nd to January 5th
• Bavaria: December 22nd to January 5th
• Berlin: December 22nd to January 2
• Brandenburg: December 22nd to January
• Bremen: December 22nd to January 5th
• Hamburg: December 17th to January
• Hessen: December 22nd to January 10th
• Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: December 22nd to January 5th
• Lower Saxony: December 22nd to January 5th
• North Rhine-Westphalia: December 22nd to January 6th
• Rhineland-Palatinate: December 22nd to January 7th
• Saarland: December 22nd to January
• Saxony: December 22nd to January 2
• Saxony-Anhalt: December 22nd to January 5th
• Schleswig-Holstein: December 19 to January 6th
• Thuringia: December 22nd to January 3

In addition, detailed information on the school holidays in Germany for the school year 2024/2025 and 2025/2026, such as Schulferien.org also reported and offer an extensive overview of the Ferientermine in the different Federal states.

-transmitted by West-Ost-media