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Germany 2017/18 - school year

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Country: Germany

Year: 2017-2018

Public holidays: 3 October 2017 (German Unity Day), 31 October 2017 (Reformation Day), 30 March 2018 (Good Friday), 2 April 2018 (Easter Monday), 1 May 2018 (Labour Day), 10 May 2018 (Ascension Day), 21 June 2018 (Whit Monday), + holiday depending on the Land

Beginning of the school year

1 August 2017 begin of official school year

End of the school year

31 July 2018 end of official school year

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

Autumn: 5 to 15 days staggered between 2 October and 4 November 2017
Christmas / New Year: 11 to 21 days staggered between 21 December 2017 and 13 January 2018
Winter holidays: 0 to 12 days staggered between 1 and 23 February 2018

School year - Spring / Easter holiday

7 to 16 days staggered between 5 March and 30 April 2018

School year - summer holidays

6 weeks staggered between 25 June and 10 September 2018

Regions of the country

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

	Beginning of students' school year 2017/18	End of students' school year 2017/18	Summer holidays 2018
Hamburg	31 August 2017	4 July 2018	5 July - 15 August
Berlin	4 September 2017	4 July 2018	5 July – 17 August
Brandenburg	4 September 2017	4 July 2018	5 July – 18 August
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/ Schleswig-Holstein	4 September 2017	7/6 July 2018	9 July –18 August
Bremen / Niedersachsen	3 August 2017	27 June 2018	28 June – 8 August
Rheinland-Pfalz / Hessen Saarland	14 August 2017 15 August 2017	22 June 2018	25 June – 3 August
Sachsen / Thuringen	5 August 2017/ 10 August 2017	30/29 June 2018	2 July – 10/11 August
Sachsen-Anhalt	10 August 2017	27 June 2018	28 June – 8 August
Nordrhein-Westfalen	30 August 2017	13 July 2018	16 July – 28 August
Baden-Wurttemberg	11 September 2017	25 July 2018	26 July – 8 September
Bayern	12 September 2017	28 July 2018	30 July – 10 September

Specification of shorter holiday periods

Land	Autumn 2017	Christmas /New Year 2017/18	Winter 2018	Spring / Easter 2018	3^rdterm 2018
Baden- Wurttemberg	30 Oct. – 3 Nov.	22 Dec. – 5 Jan.	-	26 March – 6 Apr.	22 May – 2 June
Bayern	30 Oct. – 3 Nov.	23 Dec. – 5 Jan.	12-16 February	26 March – 7 Apr.	22 May – 2 June
Berlin	2 + 23 October – 4 November	21 Dec. – 2 Jan.	5-10 February	26 March – 6 Apr.	30 April/ 11 + 22 May
Brandenburg	23 Oct. – 4 Nov.	21 Dec. – 2 Jan.	5-10 February	26 Mar. – 6 April	-
Bremen	2-14 + 30 Oct.	22 Dec. – 6 Jan.	1-2 February	19 March – 3 Apr.	30 April/ 11+ 22 May
Hamburg	2 + 16-27 Oct.	22 Dec. – 5 Jan.	2 February	5-16 March	30 April/ 7-11 May
Hessen	9-21 October	24 Dec. – 13 Jan.	-	26 March – 7 Apr.	-
Mecklenburg- Vorpommern	23-28 October	21 Dec. – 3 Jan.	5-16 February	26 March – 4 Apr.	18-22 May
Niedersachsen	2-13 + 30 Oct.	22 Dec. – 5 Jan.	1-2 February	19 March – 3 Apr.	30 April/ 11 + 22 May
Nordrhein- Westfalen	23 Oct. – 4 Nov.	27 Dec. – 6 Jan.	-	26 March – 7 Apr.	22-25 May
Rheinland-Pfalz	2-13 October	22 Dec. – 9 Jan.	-	26 March – 6 Apr.	-
Saarland	2-14 October	21 Dec. - 5 Jan.	12-17 February	26 March – 6 Apr.	-
Sachsen	2-14 + 30 Oct.	223 Dec. – 2 Jan.	12-23 February	29 March – 6 Apr.	11 + 19 - 22 May
Sachsen-Anhalt	2-13 + 30 Oct.	21 Dec. – 3 Jan.	5-9 February	26-31 March + 30 April	11-19 May
Schleswig- Holstein	16-27 October	21 Dec. – 6 Jan.	-	29 March – 13 Apr.	11 May
Thuringen	2-14 October	22 Dec. – 5 Jan.	5-9 February	26 March – 7 Apr.	11 May

published: 2017-09-25

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