Current Date And Time In Castrop-Rauxel, Germany
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
18:11:39 CEST
State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Timezone: UTC +01:00 (CEST)
Population: 77,924
District: Regierungsbezirk Münster
Checking bank closures, municipal non-working days, and upcoming public holiday dates in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia? Here is the complete city holiday reference for Castrop-Rauxel.
Businesses, retail banks, and public services throughout Castrop-Rauxel follow official statutory holiday schedules for non-working day closures. Fixed statutory national holidays (such as Tag der Arbeit (Labor Day) on May 1) mandate official non-working status for banks and government offices in Castrop-Rauxel.
This is Germany's national public holiday calendar — the same live calendar shown on Germany's country-level and North Rhine-Westphalia holiday pages — embedded here because public holidays are set nationally and apply the same way in Castrop-Rauxel as anywhere else in Germany.
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These are Germany's official statutory fixed-date public holidays — the same national list shown on Germany's country and North Rhine-Westphalia holiday pages — mandated by national labor law and applicable to financial institutions, schools, and government administration in Castrop-Rauxel just as everywhere else in Germany.
| Holiday Name | Fixed Date | Category | Closure Status | Official Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tag der Arbeit (Labor Day) | May 1 | Federal Holiday | Full Federal Closure (Commercial & Bank Closures) | www.bundesregierung.de |
| Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day) | October 3 | Federal National Day | Full Federal Closure (Nationwide Statutory Day Off) | www.bundesregierung.de |
Castrop-Rauxel's bank branches, municipal offices and public schools close on Germany's statutory holidays just as they do everywhere else in the country — shops and restaurants more often stay open with adjusted hours rather than closing outright.
A statutory holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday in Castrop-Rauxel doesn't simply get skipped — Germany's gazette process typically moves the observed day off to the following Monday.
With a population of 77,924 and running on the Europe/Berlin time zone, Castrop-Rauxel follows Germany's statutory holiday dates on local calendar days — no cross-timezone adjustment needed for a purely domestic holiday list.