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Germany 2015/16 - school year

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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	3^rdterm 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

published: 2016-06-01

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