Germany 2015/16 - school year

Country: Germany
Year: 2015-2016
Public holidays: 3 October 2015 (German Unity Day), 25 March 2016 (Good Friday), 28 March 2016 (Easter Monday), 1 May 2016 (Labour Day), 5 May 2016 (Ascension Day), 16 May 2016 (Whit Monday) + holiday depending on the Land

Beginning of the school year

1 August 2015 begin of official school year

End of the school year

31 July 2016 end of official school year

School year - Autumn / Christmas / New Year / Winter holidays

Autumn: 3 to 13 days staggered between 30 September and 7 November 2015
Christmas / New Year: 11 to 18 days staggered between 18 December 2015 and 11 January 2016
Winter holidays: 0 to 12 days staggered between 28 January and 20 February 2016

School year - Spring / Easter holiday

6 to 17 days staggered between 7 March and 9 April 2016

School year - summer holidays

6 weeks staggered between 7 July and 13 September 2016

Regions of the country

Specification for starting/end of students' school year and summer holidays

Beginning of students' school year 2015/16 End of students' school year 2015/16 Summer holidays 2016
Hamburg 27 August 2015 20 July 2016 21 July – 31 August
Berlin 31 August 2015 20 July 2016 21 July – 2 September
Brandenburg 31 August 2015 20 July 2016 21 July – 2 September
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/
Schleswig-Holstein
31 August 2015 17 July 2016 25 July – 3 September
Bremen / Niedersachsen 3 September 2015 22 July 2016 23 June – 3 August
Rheinland-Pfalz / Hessen Saarland 7 September 2015
7 September 2015
15 July 2016 16 July 2016 18 July – 26 August
18 July – 27 August
Sachsen / Thuringen 24 August 2015 24 July 2016 27 June – 5 / 10 August
Sachsen-Anhalt 27 August 2015 24 July 2016 27 June – 10 August
Nordrhein-Westfalen 12 August 2015 8 June 2016 11 July – 23 August
Baden-Wurttemberg 14 September 2015 27 July 2016 28 July – 10 September
Bayern 15 September 2015 29 July 2016 30 July – 12 September

Specification of shorter holiday periods
Land Autumn 2015 Christmas /New Year 2015/16 Winter 2016 Spring / Easter 2016 3rdterm 2016
Baden- Wurttemberg 2-6 November 23 Dec. – 9 Jan. - 29 Mar. – 2 April 17-28 May
Bayern 2-7 November 24 Dec. – 5 Jan. 8-12 February 21 Mar. – 1 April 17-28 May
Berlin 19-31 October 23 Dec. – 2 Jan. 1-6 February 21 Mar. – 2 April 6 + 17-18 May
Brandenburg 19-30 October 23 Dec. – 2 Jan. 1-6 February 23 Mar. – 2 April 6 + 17 May
Bremen 19-31 October 23 Dec. – 6 Jan. 28-29 January 18 Mar. – 2 April 17 May
Hamburg 19-30 October 21 Dec. – 1 Jan. 29 January 7-18 March 6 + 17-20 May
Hessen 19-31 October 23 Dec. – 9 Jan. - 29 Mar. – 9 April -
Mecklenburg- Vorpommern 24-30 October 21 Dec. – 2 Jan. 1-13 February 21-30 March 14-17 May
Niedersachsen 19-31 October 23 Dec. – 6 Jan. 28-29 January 18 Mar. – 2 April 6 + 17 May
Nordrhein- Westfalen 5-17 October 23 Dec. – 6 Jan - 21 Mar. – 2 April 17 May
Rheinland-Pfalz 19-30 October 23 Dec. – 8 Jan. - 18 Mar. – 1 April -
Saarland 19-31 October 21 Dec. – 2 Jan. 8-13 February 29 Mar. – 9 April -
Sachsen 12-24 October 21 Dec. – 2 Jan. 8-20 February 25 Mar. – 2 April 6 May
Sachsen-Anhalt 17-24 October 21 Dec. – 5 Jan. 1-10 February 24 March 6-14 May
Schleswig- Holstein 19-31 October 21 Dec. – 6 Jan. - 24 Mar. – 9 April 6 May
Thuringen 5-17 October 23 Dec. – 2 Jan. 1-6 February 24 Mar. – 2 April 6 May

last modification: 2016-06-01 10:39:03

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