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Germany 2016/17 - school year

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Country: Germany

Year: 2016-2017

Public holidays: 3 October 2016 (German Unity Day), 14 April 2017 (Good Friday), 17 April 2017 (Easter Monday), 1 May 2017 (Labour Day), 25 May 2017 (Ascension Day), 5 June 2017 (Whit Monday) + holiday depending on the Land

Beginning of the school year

1 August 2016 begin of official school year

End of the school year

31 July 2017 end of official school year

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

Autumn: 3 to 13 days staggered between 3 October and 4 November 2016
Christmas / New Year: 11 to 18 days staggered between 19 December 2016 and 7 January 2017
Winter holidays: 0 to 12 days staggered between 30 January and 4 March 2017

School year - Spring / Easter holiday

6 to 17 days staggered between 6 March and 22 April 2017

School year - summer holidays

6 weeks staggered between 22 June and 11 September 2017

Regions of the country

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

	Beginning of students' school year 2016/17	End of students' school year 2016/17	Summer holidays 2017
Hamburg	1 September 2016	19 July 2017	20 July – 30 August
Berlin	5 September 2016	19 July 2017	20 July – 1 September
Brandenburg	5 September 2016	19 July 2017	20 July – 1 September
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/ Schleswig-Holstein	5 September 2016	22 July 2017	24 July – 2 September
Bremen / Niedersachsen	4 August 2016	21 June 2017	22 June – 2 August
Rheinland-Pfalz / Hessen Saarland	29 August 2016	1 July 2017	3 July – 11 August 3 July – 14 August
Sachsen / Thuringen	8 August 2016/ 11 August 2016	23 June 2017	26 June – 4/9 August
Sachsen-Anhalt	11 August 2016	24 June 2017	26 June – 9 August
Nordrhein-Westfalen	24 August 2016	14 July 2017	17 July – 29 August
Baden-Wurttemberg	12 September 2016	26 July 2017	27 July – 9 September
Bayern	13 September 2016	28 July 2017	29 July – 11 September

Specification of shorter holiday periods

Land	Autumn 2016	Christmas /New Year 2016/17	Winter 2017	Spring / Easter 2017	3^rdterm 2017
Baden- Wurttemberg	2-4 November	23 Dec. – 7 Jan.	-	10-21 April	6-16 June
Bayern	31 Oct. -4 Nov.	24 Dec. – 5 Jan.	27 Febr. – 3 March	10-22 April	6-16 June
Berlin	17-28 October	23 Dec. – 3 Jan.	30 Jan. – 4 Febr.	10-18 April	24/26 May + 6-9 June
Brandenburg	17-28 October	23 Dec. – 3 Jan.	30 Jan. – 4 Febr.	12-22 April	-
Bremen	4-15 October	21 Dec. – 6 Jan.	30-31 January	10-22 April	6 June
Hamburg	17-28 October	27 Dec. – 6 Jan.	30 January	6-17 March	22-26 May
Hessen	17-29 October	22 Dec. – 7 Jan.	-	3-15 April	-
Mecklenburg- Vorpommern	24-28 October	22 Dec. – 2 Jan.	6-18 February	10-19 April	2-6 June
Niedersachsen	4-15 October	21 Dec. – 6 Jan.	30-31 January	10-22 April	26 May + 6 June
Nordrhein- Westfalen	10-21 October	23 Dec. - 6 Jan.	-	10-22 April	6 June
Rheinland-Pfalz	10-21 October	22 Dec. – 6 Jan.	-	10-21 April	-
Saarland	10-22 October	19-31 December	27 Febr. – 4 March	10-22 April	-
Sachsen	3-15 October	23 Dec. – 2 Jan.	13-24 February	13-22 April	26 May
Sachsen-Anhalt	4-15 October	19 Dec. – 2 Jan.	4-11 February	10-13 April	26 May
Schleswig- Holstein	17-29 October	23 Dec. – 6 Jan.	-	7-21 April	26 May
Thuringen	10-22 October	23-31 December	6-11 February	10-21 April	26 May

published: 2017-01-16

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