Assumption Day: a holiday in your municipality?
Type a municipality: the search shows, from the official determination, whether 15 August is a public holiday there and how many holidays the municipality has.
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Nürnberg · independent city, Mittelfranken
no holiday
Assumption Day is an ordinary working day here.
| Municipalities with the holiday | 1,708 / 2,056 |
| Holidays in 2027 here | 12 |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · state holiday acts checked on 28 October 2026
Assumption Day on 15 August is a statewide public holiday in Germany only in Saarland. In Bavaria, Art. 1 of the holiday act makes it a holiday in municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population. The Bavarian State Office for Statistics determines which ones after each census; since 15 August 2025 the determination based on the 2022 census applies. Under it, the day is a holiday in 1,708 of 2,056 municipalities and not in 348. Every municipality in Upper and Lower Bavaria has it, as do Munich, Augsburg, Regensburg, Würzburg and Ingolstadt. Those without it are mainly in Middle and Upper Franconia, including Nuremberg, Fürth, Erlangen, Bayreuth, Coburg and Hof. What counts is where the workplace is, not where you live. In 2027, 15 August falls on a Sunday, so the distinction does not matter. In 2028 it is a Tuesday, and the Monday before becomes a bridge day in municipalities with the holiday.
Assumption Day by administrative region
The split follows Bavaria's denominational map. Old Bavaria and Swabia are mainly Catholic, parts of Franconia mainly Protestant. The table counts the municipalities on the official list.
| Region | Municipalities | with holiday | without holiday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Franconia | 210 | 40 | 170 |
| Lower Bavaria | 258 | 258 | 0 |
| Upper Bavaria | 500 | 500 | 0 |
| Upper Franconia | 214 | 98 | 116 |
| Upper Palatinate | 226 | 217 | 9 |
| Swabia | 340 | 326 | 14 |
| Lower Franconia | 308 | 269 | 39 |
The source is the determination of the Bavarian State Office for Statistics, which the Bavarian holiday act expressly provides for. We use the list unchanged; municipality names are in the official spelling, for example with "St" for town (Stadt) and "M" for market town (Markt).
How many holidays your municipality has
A Bavarian municipality with Assumption Day has 13 public holidays, one without it 12. The city of Augsburg has 14 with its Peace Festival on 8 August, the most in Germany. In Saarland 15 August is off without exception. Every Bavarian holiday with its weekday is on public holidays in Bavaria.
In the Catholic church year, 15 August is the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. In many parishes bunches of herbs are blessed that day, a custom still alive above all in rural Bavaria.
Bavaria 2028: using 10 leave days
Bavaria 2028: using 10 leave days
35 days off
| Thu 6 January – Sun 9 January | 1 → 4 days |
| Thu 25 May – Sun 28 May | 1 → 4 days |
| Thu 15 June – Sun 18 June | 1 → 4 days |
| Sat 12 August – Tue 15 August | 1 → 4 days |