Feiertage Nordrhein-Westfalen

Feiertage Nordrhein-Westfalen lists the public holidays observed in Germany’s most populous state, where the holiday schedule follows federal law for nationwide dates and includes selected Christian observances that shape the year in North Rhine-Westphalia. The calendar focuses on the fixed and movable days that affect offices, schools, transport planning, retail trading, and family schedules across cities such as Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, and Bonn. New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, German Unity Day, and the Christmas period form the backbone of the year, with the familiar winter and spring breaks in activity around them. The holidays calendar also captures the seasonal rhythm of the Rhineland carnival period, which is especially visible in North Rhine-Westphalia. Sample entries such as Weiberfastnacht, Rosenmontag, Faschingsdienstag, and Aschermittwoch sit alongside Valentine’s Day and the Easter dates of Gründonnerstag and Karfreitag, reflecting the way public observance and local custom overlap. In practice, the entries are date-based markers rather than timed events, so the pattern is straightforward: one holiday per day, with movements from year to year when Easter shifts. That makes the list useful for employers, schools, commuters, and administrators who need a clear view of when public life slows or stops across the state. Feiertage Nordrhein-Westfalen works as a smart calendar feed and is free to subscribe, so the holiday schedule can be added directly to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook without manual entry. The calendar is especially useful for planners who need a current view of regional holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia while keeping routine appointments aligned with state closures, bank holidays, and school-related breaks. Because the feed updates regularly, changes to holiday observance, calendar alignment, or rescheduled dates appear automatically in the connected app. The result is a practical reference for the current holiday year in Germany, with North Rhine-Westphalia-specific observance patterns visible alongside the nationwide holidays that structure the working year.