Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) – Germany

The next Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) is on Thursday, May 27, 2027 – in 254 days.

Corpus Christi is a Catholic feast celebrated 60 days after Easter (a Thursday) honouring the Eucharist. It is a public holiday in Poland, Portugal, Austria and parts of Germany, Spain and Switzerland. In Germany it's a regional holiday. Some states, provinces or regions take the day off and others don't, so check what applies where you live.

When is it? Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) falls on 60 days after Easter Sunday. It's calculated from Easter Sunday, which moves with the lunar calendar, so the date can shift by several weeks from one year to the next. Next time round is Thursday, May 27, 2027, 254 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) on a Thursday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. It depends entirely on where you are. In the states or regions that observe it, expect the usual public holiday pattern of closures. Everywhere else in Germany it's a normal working day, which is worth remembering if you're arranging anything across regional lines. In 2027 it falls in May, which also holds Labour Day (Tag der Arbeit) on the 1st, Ascension Day / Father's Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) on the 6th, Mother's Day (Muttertag) on the 9th and Whit Sunday (Pentecost) on the 16th. Worth seeing them together before you commit to dates.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) is marked in Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and Portugal as well. The date and the way it's observed aren't always the same from one country to the next, so use the links below to get the version that applies to you.

Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) dates 2026–2036