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Public holidays in Germany 2028

In Germany there are 9 public holidays in 2028. 8 of them fall on a weekday, and the year has 252 working days.

Holidays

9

On weekdays

8

Working days

252

Date Holiday
1 January Saturday New Year’s Day
14 April Friday Good Friday
17 April Monday Easter Monday
1 May Monday May Day
25 May Thursday Ascension Day
5 June Monday Whit Monday
3 October Tuesday German Unity Day
25 December Monday Christmas Day
26 December Tuesday Boxing Day

Bridge days

  • Friday 26 May the day after Ascension Day
  • Monday 2 October the day before German Unity Day

Holidays in some regions only

These days are off only in part of the country. Choose a region in the working days calculator or the bridge days planner to count with them.

Date Holiday Applies in
6 January Thursday Epiphany Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony-Anhalt
8 March Wednesday International Women’s Day Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
16 April Sunday Easter Sunday Brandenburg
4 June Sunday Whit Sunday Brandenburg
15 June Thursday Corpus Christi Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
17 June Saturday Anniversary of the uprising of 17 June 1953 Berlin
15 August Tuesday Assumption Day Saarland
20 September Wednesday World Children’s Day Thuringia
31 October Tuesday Reformation Day Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia
1 November Wednesday All Saints’ Day Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland
22 November Wednesday Day of Repentance and Prayer Saxony

Good to know

The list includes the holidays that apply throughout Germany. The states add their own, such as Epiphany in Bavaria and Reformation Day in several northern and eastern states. They are shown in the table above, and the working days calculator and the bridge days planner can count with a chosen state.

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How it works

A public holiday is a day the law treats as a holiday. Eves, and days off that come only from collective agreements, are not counted.

Easter decides several of the holidays, depending on the country: Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whitsun. By the church’s rule, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox on 21 March, so these days move between March and June from year to year.

A bridge day is a weekday between a holiday and the weekend, such as the Friday after Ascension Day. Taking that day off gives four days off in a row.

Working days are the weekdays of the year, Monday to Friday, less the holidays that fall on a weekday.

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