• Public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia 2008 – 2011 • School

• Public holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia 2008 – 2011
New Year’s Day – Neujahr
Carnival Monday – Rosenmontag
Good Friday – Karfreitag
Easter Sunday – Ostern
Easter Monday – Ostermontag
Labour Day – Maifeiertag
Ascension Day – Christi Himmelfahrt
Whit Sunday – Pfingsten
Whit Monday – Pfingstmontag
Corpus Christi – Fronleichnam
Day of German Unity – Tag der deutschen Einheit
All Saints Day – Allerheiligen
Christmas Eve – Heiligabend (from noon onward)
Christmas Day – 1. Weihnachtstag
Boxing Day – 2. Weihnachtstag
New Year’s Eve – Silvester (from noon onward)
2008
1 Jan
4 Feb
21 Mar
23 Mar
24 Mar
1 May
1 May
11 May
12 May
22 May
3 Oct
1 Nov
24 Dec
25 Dec
26 Dec
31 Dec
2009
1 Jan
23 Feb
10 Apr
12 Apr
13 Apr
1 May
21 May
31 May
1 Jun
11 Jun
3 Oct
1 Nov
24 Dec
25 Dec
26 Dec
31 Dec
2010
1 Jan
15 Feb
2 Apr
4 Apr
5 Apr
1 May
13 May
23 May
24 May
3 Jun
3 Oct
1 Nov
24 Dec
25 Dec
26 Dec
31 Dec
2011
1 Jan
7 Mar
22 Apr
24 Apr
25 Apr
1 May
2 Jun
12 Jun
13 Jun
23 Jun
3 Oct
1 Nov
24 Dec
25 Dec
26 Dec
31 Dec
• School holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia 2008 – 2010
Easter – Ostern
Pentecost – Pfingsten
Summer – Sommer
Autumn – Herbst
Christmas - Weihnachten
2008
17.03.–29.03.
13.05.
26.06.–08.08.
29.09.–11.10.
22.12.08–06.01.09
2009
06.04.–18.04.
02.06.
02.07.–14.08.
12.10.–24.10.
24.12.09–06.01.10
2010
27.03.–10.04.
25.05.
15.07.–27.08.