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Public holidays 2026 in Saxony (Sachsen)

11 public holidays. 3 of them fall on a weekend and bring no day off.

Holiday on a working day falls on a weekend Between 25/05 and 03/10 there are 130 days without one.
Holiday Date Day
Neujahr New Year’s Day 1 January 2026 Thursday
Karfreitag Good Friday 3 April 2026 Friday
Ostermontag Easter Monday 6 April 2026 Monday
Tag der Arbeit Labour Day 1 May 2026 Friday
Christi Himmelfahrt Ascension Day 14 May 2026 Thursday
Pfingstmontag Whit Monday 25 May 2026 Monday
Tag der Deutschen Einheit German Unity Day 3 October 2026 Saturday
Reformationstag Reformation Day not nationwide 31 October 2026 Saturday
Buß- und Bettag Day of Repentance and Prayer not nationwide 18 November 2026 Wednesday
1. Weihnachtstag Christmas Day 25 December 2026 Friday
2. Weihnachtstag Second Day of Christmas 26 December 2026 Saturday

Not everywhere in Saxony:

Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), 04/06: a public holiday only in some municipalities with a predominantly Catholic population, not across the whole state, so it is not in the list above.

How Saxony differs from other states

In 2026, 253 working days remain from Monday to Friday, 1 fewer than with the nationwide holidays alone (254).

A day off here, not elsewhere

  • Reformationstag (Reformation Day), 31/10 (Saturday), no extra day off
  • Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer), 18/11 (Wednesday)

A day off elsewhere, not here

  • Heilige Drei Könige (Epiphany), 06/01
  • Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), 08/03
  • Ostersonntag (Easter Sunday), 05/04
  • Pfingstsonntag (Whit Sunday), 24/05
  • Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), 04/06 (in some municipalities it is, see above)
  • Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption Day), 15/08
  • Weltkindertag (World Children’s Day), 20/09
  • Allerheiligen (All Saints’ Day), 01/11

Other years and states

Same year:

Same state, other years:

Same year, other states:

These holidays in your leave plan

Tiveo applies them per person, based on the state where they work. Someone in Munich gets Assumption Day off, while a colleague in Neuss does not. A single company-wide holiday calendar can’t show that.

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