Public holidays and working days: Germany 2028

Legal basis and source: Feiertagsgesetze der Länder (Daten: OpenHolidays). Data obtained on 2026-11-01.

Public holidays 2028
Date	Day	Name	Applies to
01/01/2028	Saturday	New Year's Day	National
06/01/2028	Thursday	Epiphany	Saxony-Anhalt, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria
08/03/2028	Wednesday	International Women's Day	Berlin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
14/04/2028	Friday	Good Friday	National
16/04/2028	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Brandenburg
17/04/2028	Monday	Easter Monday	National
01/05/2028	Monday	Labour Day	National
25/05/2028	Thursday	Ascension Day	National
04/06/2028	Sunday	Pentecost Sunday	Brandenburg
05/06/2028	Monday	Pentecost Monday	National
15/06/2028	Thursday	Corpus Christi	Hesse, Saarland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria
17/06/2028	Saturday	75th anniversary of the popular uprising in the GDR	Berlin
15/08/2028	Tuesday	Assumption Day	Saarland, Bavaria
20/09/2028	Wednesday	World Children's Day	Thuringia
03/10/2028	Tuesday	Day of German Unity	National
31/10/2028	Tuesday	Reformation Day	Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony-Anhalt, Hamburg, Bremen, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Lower Saxony…
01/11/2028	Wednesday	All Saints' Day	Saarland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria
22/11/2028	Wednesday	Repentance Day	Saxony
25/12/2028	Monday	Christmas Day	National
26/12/2028	Tuesday	2nd Day of Christmas	National

Long weekends

14/04/2028 (Friday), Good Friday: 4-day weekend
01/05/2028 (Monday), Labour Day: 3-day weekend
25/05/2028 (Thursday), Ascension Day: Take 26/05/2028 off for 4 days in a row
05/06/2028 (Monday), Pentecost Monday: 3-day weekend
03/10/2028 (Tuesday), Day of German Unity: Take 02/10/2028 off for 4 days in a row
25/12/2028 (Monday), Christmas Day: 4-day weekend