School vacation and holidays
Public holidays 2025
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| 01.01. | New Year | 01.01. | New Year |
| 29.03. | Good Friday | 18.04. | Good Friday |
| 01.04. | Easter Monday | 21.04. | Easter Monday |
| 01.05. | Labour Day | 01.05. | Labour Day |
| 08.05. | Victory Day (over the German occupation 1945) |
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| 09.05. | Ascension Day | ||
| 20.05. | Whit Monday | ||
| 05.07. | Cyril and Method (arrival of the Slavic apostles in Greater Moravia 862) |
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| 06.07. | Jan Hus Day (burning at the stake in Konstanz 1415) |
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| 28.09. | Day of Czech Statehood (anniversary of the death of St. Wenceslas in 929 or 935) |
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| 03.10. | German Unification Day (re-unification of Germany 1990) |
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| 28.10. | Independence Day (national holiday) (foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918) |
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| 31.10. | Reformation Day | ||
| Day of the fight for freedom and democracy (demonstration in the National Road in 1989, decisive for the Velvet Revolution) |
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| 20.11. | Day of penance and prayer (only in Saxony) | 17.11. | |
| 24.12. | Christmas Eve | ||
| 25.12. | 1st Christmas Day | 25.12. | 1st Christmas Day |
| 26.12. | 2nd Christmas Day | 26.12. | 2nd Christmas Day |
School vacation 2024/2025
| Saxony | Czech Republic |
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| 23.12.2024 - 03.01.2025 | 23.12.2024 - 02.01.2025 |
| 17.02. - 28.02. | 31.01. + one week county Děčín: 17. - 23.02. county Litoměřice: 17. - 23.02. county Teplice: 24.02. - 02.03. county Ústí n.L.: 10. - 16.03. |
| 18.04. - 25.04. | 17.04. |
| 30.05. | |
| 30.06. - 08.08. | 28.06. - 31.08. |
| 06.10. - 18.10. | 27.10. - 29.10. |
| 22.12.2025 - 02.01.2026 | 22.12.2025 - 02.01.2026 |