In this article De-Sf.Info will look at the following topic: school holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2024-2025, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. We will give the exact dates of autumn, Christmas, winter, Easter, Trinity and summer holidays for regular schools and vocational schools. You will find out what additional non-school days schoolchildren will have and what public holidays they will have a rest on.
When schoolchildren take a break from school in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
In the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, students take six breaks from school during the school year. This rule applies to everyone except those studying in vocational schools. Here are the standard rest periods for most schools:
- Autumn vacation.
- Christmas Holidays.
- Winter break.
- Easter holidays.
- Holidays for Pentecost.
- Summer holidays.
IMPORTANT! Vocational schools have their own school holiday schedule. These schools have only four rest periods. In this publication, we separately list school holidays for vocational schools for each academic year. If vacation dates are not indicated, then they coincide with the main ones.
Schools in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are closed on all public holidays. On these days, teachers, students and school staff have an official non-working day. There are also additional days without classes – bridges or bridge days. They claim to make a long weekend, add one or two days of rest.
The dates of school holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are regulated by the General Holiday Regulations for the school years 2024/2025–2029/2030 (AFerVO 2024/2030 MV) from July 20, 2022 . They can only be revised in exceptional cases.
School holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2024-2025
This section shows the school holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2024-2025. On these days, schools are closed to students and teachers.
- Summer holidays 2024: Monday 22 July to Saturday 31 August 2024.
- Autumn holidays 2024: from Monday, October 21, to Saturday, October 26, 2024.
- Christmas holidays 2024-2025: from Monday, December 23, 2024 to Monday, January 6, 2025.
- Winter break 2025: Monday, February 3, to Friday, February 14, 2025.
- Easter holidays 2025: Monday 14 April to Wednesday 23 April 2025.
- Pentecost holidays 2025: from Friday, June 6, to Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
- Summer holidays 2025: Monday 28 July to Saturday 6 September 2025.
Additional days without classes (bridges) in the 2024-2025 academic year:
- October 4, 2024, Friday.
- November 1, 2024, Friday.
- May 30, 2025, Friday.
School holidays in vocational schools in the 2024-2025 academic year
Below are school holidays in vocational schools in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- Christmas holidays 2024: from December 23 (Monday) to January 4, 2025 (Saturday).
- Winter holidays 2025: from February 3 (Monday) to February 8, 2025 (Saturday).
- Easter holidays 2025: from 14 April (Monday) to 25 April 2025 (Friday).
- Pentecost holidays 2025: There are no Pentecost holidays in vocational schools.
- Summer holidays 2025: from July 14 (Monday) to August 30, 2025 (Saturday).
Bridges (extra days without classes):
- May 2, 2025, Friday.
- May 30, 2025, Friday.
Public holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the 2024-2025 academic year
Listed below are the legal (public) holidays for the 2024-2025 academic year in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These days are official holidays for all types of schools.
- October 3, 2024 (Thursday) – German Unity Day.
- October 31, 2024 (Thursday) – Reformation Day.
- December 25, 2024 (Wednesday) – First day of Christmas.
- December 26, 2024 (Thursday) – Second Day of Christmas.
- January 1, 2025 (Wednesday) – New Year.
- March 8, 2025 (Saturday) – International Women’s Day.
- April 18, 2025 (Friday) – Good Friday.
- April 21, 2025 (Monday) – Easter Monday.
- May 1, 2025 (Thursday) – Labor Day / May 1.
- May 29, 2025 (Thursday) – Ascension.
- June 9, 2025 (Monday) – Pentecost Monday.
School holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2025-2026
We list the school holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2025-2026. The dates have been officially approved and published. The start and end dates of school holidays can only be changed as a last resort.
- Summer holidays 2025: Monday 28 July to Saturday 6 September 2025.
- Autumn holidays 2025: from Monday, October 20, to Saturday, October 25, 2025.
- Christmas holidays 2025-2026: from Monday, December 22, 2025 to Monday, January 5, 2026.
- Winter break 2026: Monday, February 9, to Friday, February 20, 2026.
- Easter holidays 2026: Monday 30 March to Wednesday 8 April 2026.
- Pentecost holidays 2026: from Friday, May 22, to Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
- Summer holidays 2026: Monday 13 July to Saturday 22 August 2026.
Additional days without classes (bridges) in the 2025-2026 academic year:
- October 2, 2025, Thursday.
- November 3, 2025, Monday.
- May 15, 2026, Friday.
School holidays in vocational schools in the 2025-2026 academic year
In this section we provide a list of school holidays 2025-2026 in vocational schools:
- Summer holidays 2025: from July 14 (Monday) to August 30, 2025 (Saturday).
- Winter holidays 2026: from February 9 (Monday) to February 14, 2026 (Saturday).
- Easter holidays 2026: from March 30 (Monday) to April 10, 2026 (Friday).
- Holidays for Pentecost 2026: There are no holidays for Pentecost in vocational schools, but May 15, 2026 is a day off from school.
- Summer holidays 2026: from July 13 (Monday) to August 29, 2026 (Saturday).
Public holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the 2025-2026 academic year
The following are the public holidays for the 2025-2026 school year in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:
- October 3, 2025 (Friday) – German Unity Day.
- October 31, 2025 (Friday) – Reformation Day.
- December 25, 2025 (Thursday) – First day of Christmas.
- December 26, 2025 (Friday) – Second day of Christmas.
- January 1, 2026 (Thursday) – New Year.
- March 8, 2026 (Sunday) – International Women’s Day.
- April 3, 2026 (Friday) – Good Friday.
- April 6, 2026 (Monday) – Easter Monday.
- May 1, 2026 (Friday) – Labor Day / May 1.
- May 14, 2026 (Thursday) – Ascension.
- May 25, 2026 (Monday) – Pentecost Monday.
School holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2026-2027
School holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2026-2027 are listed here. The information provided applies to all schools, with the exception of vocational schools.
- Summer holidays 2026: Monday 13 July to Saturday 22 August 2026.
- Autumn holidays 2026: from Monday, October 19, to Saturday, October 24, 2026.
- Christmas holidays 2026-2027: from Saturday, December 19, 2026 to Saturday, January 2, 2027.
- Winter break 2027: Monday, February 8, to Friday, February 19, 2027.
- Easter holidays 2027: Monday 22 March to Wednesday 31 March 2027.
- Pentecost holidays 2027: from Friday, May 14, to Tuesday, May 18, 2027.
- Summer holidays 2027: Monday 5 July to Saturday 14 August 2027.
Additional days without classes (bridges) in the 2026-2027 academic year:
- November 26, 2026, Thursday.
- November 27, 2026, Friday.
- May 7, 2027, Friday.
School holidays in vocational schools in the 2026-2027 academic year
In this subsection we present school holidays in vocational schools for the 2026-2027 academic year:
- Summer holidays 2026: from July 13 (Monday) to August 29, 2026 (Saturday).
- Winter holidays 2027: from February 8 (Monday) to February 13, 2027 (Saturday).
- Easter holidays 2027: from March 22 (Monday) to April 2, 2027 (Friday).
- Holidays for Pentecost 2027: There are no holidays for Pentecost in vocational schools, but May 7, 2027 is a day off from school.
- Summer holidays 2027: from July 12 (Monday) to August 28, 2027 (Saturday).
Public holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the 2026-2027 academic year
Here are the official public holidays in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern that fall during the 2026-2027 school year.
- October 3, 2026 (Saturday) – German Unity Day.
- October 31, 2026 (Saturday) – Reformation Day.
- December 25, 2026 (Friday) – First day of Christmas.
- December 26, 2026 (Saturday) – Second day of Christmas.
- January 1, 2027 (Friday) – New Year.
- March 8, 2027 (Monday) – International Women’s Day.
- March 26, 2027 (Friday) – Good Friday.
- March 29, 2027 (Monday) – Easter Monday.
- May 1, 2027 (Saturday) – Labor Day / May 1.
- May 6, 2027 (Thursday) – Ascension.
- May 17, 2027 (Monday) – Pentecost Monday.
In this publication, De-Sf.Info reviewed the school holidays in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027. We have also provided dates for additional days without classes and public holidays. School holidays in vocational schools were listed separately. We hope this information was useful to you. Don’t forget to share this post with your friends!