Overview

• Mariä Himmelfahrt will be a statutory holiday in 1,708 of Bavaria’s 2,056 municipalities in 2025, leaving 348 without observance.
• Six municipalities—Marktrodach, Baiersdorf, Weisendorf, Schwebheim, Memmingerberg and Oettingen—gain the 15 August holiday while Seßlach and Marktschorgast lose it.
• Businesses, shops and public offices in newly designated holiday areas must close, whereas those in non-holiday municipalities remain open.
• Employees’ entitlement to a day off depends on the location of their workplace, creating potential mismatches for cross-municipal commuters.
• The German Trade Union Confederation has called for a single statewide holiday to eliminate postcode-based inequalities in time off.