✦ zenith calendar · the germany almanac
the public holidays every german state keeps, in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in a few plain paragraphs.
germany is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the public holidays every german state keeps by law, the gesetzliche feiertage, and on a phone set to germany it starts lit.
good friday, easter monday, ascension day and whit monday follow a published easter table; the rest come round on their date every year, and a holiday on a weekend is not moved. each state keeps more days of its own that are not here. tap a holiday and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.
gregorian · fixed dates, with the easter days from a published western easter table
erster weihnachtstag
25 december
the feast of the birth of jesus christ, the son of god made man, a public holiday in every german state and the high point of a season that begins with advent.
the celebration begins on christmas eve around the decorated tree, with presents brought by the christkind or the weihnachtsmann. christmas day itself is for church, a festive dinner, often roast goose with red cabbage and dumplings, and time with family.
ostermontag
the monday after easter
the second day of easter, a public holiday in every german state. it carries on the joy of the resurrection for one more day.
the monday is for church, family visits and the easter walk. in many places people take the emmausgang, a walk in the spring countryside in memory of the two disciples on the road to emmaus.
tag der arbeit · der erste mai
1 may
the day of working people, a public holiday in every german state. it is also the welcome of spring and the start of may.
the trade unions hold rallies and speeches in towns across the country. the night before, many "dance into may", and on the day villages raise the maibaum, a tall decorated tree or pole.
tag der deutschen einheit
3 october
germany's national day, marking 3 october 1990, when the two german states became one again. it is the only holiday set by federal law.
the state that presides over the bundesrat hosts the official ceremony and a citizens' festival. many mosques open their doors to visitors, and for many it is a calm day off and a time to remember the peaceful revolution.
zenith calendar draws the year as an orbit round the sun. lit, germany puts its holidays on their days on that ring, in rose. its mark is its flag, 🇩🇪.
each of its holidays carries three short paragraphs in its notes: what it is, where it comes from (for a national day, as germany tells it), and how it is kept.
germany arrives locked, so nothing in it changes by accident. the lock guards your hand, not your eye: you can still read it, shine it or eclipse it. one tap unlocks it, and then it is yours to rename, recolour or add to.
tap its chip in the legend to eclipse it (kept, but not drawn) and tap again to bring it back. nothing is deleted either way.
germany shares one sky with your own commitments. like every almanac that comes with the app, it never counts toward the almanacs you can make for free, and it lives on your phone: zenith calendar has no server of its own.
✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it
germany is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.
the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.
drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.
tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.
tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.
zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.
germany is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.
germany (country) ·
Yes. Christmas Day and the second day of Christmas are public holidays in every German state; in 2026 they fall on a Friday and Saturday.
Easter Monday, Ostermontag, falls on 29 March 2027, and Good Friday on 26 March. Both are public holidays in every German state.
The Day of German Unity is 3 October every year; in 2027 it falls on a Sunday. Holidays in Germany are not moved when they fall on a weekend.
Yes. Tag der Arbeit, 1 May, is a public holiday in every German state; in 2027 it falls on a Saturday.
Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called germany: the public holidays every German state keeps, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. On a phone set to Germany it starts lit, and turning it on costs nothing.
It holds the public holidays every German state keeps by law. The further days each state keeps on its own are not part of it.