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Public holidays 2027 in Saxony (Sachsen)

11 public holidays. 5 of them fall on a weekend and bring no day off.

Holiday on a working day falls on a weekend Between 17/05 and 03/10 there are 138 days without one.
Holiday Date Day
Neujahr New Year’s Day 1 January 2027 Friday
Karfreitag Good Friday 26 March 2027 Friday
Ostermontag Easter Monday 29 March 2027 Monday
Tag der Arbeit Labour Day 1 May 2027 Saturday
Christi Himmelfahrt Ascension Day 6 May 2027 Thursday
Pfingstmontag Whit Monday 17 May 2027 Monday
Tag der Deutschen Einheit German Unity Day 3 October 2027 Sunday
Reformationstag Reformation Day not nationwide 31 October 2027 Sunday
Buß- und Bettag Day of Repentance and Prayer not nationwide 17 November 2027 Wednesday
1. Weihnachtstag Christmas Day 25 December 2027 Saturday
2. Weihnachtstag Second Day of Christmas 26 December 2027 Sunday

Not everywhere in Saxony:

Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), 27/05: 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 2027, 255 working days remain from Monday to Friday, 1 fewer than with the nationwide holidays alone (256).

A day off here, not elsewhere

  • Reformationstag (Reformation Day), 31/10 (Sunday), no extra day off
  • Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer), 17/11 (Wednesday)

A day off elsewhere, not here

  • Heilige Drei Könige (Epiphany), 06/01
  • Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), 08/03
  • Ostersonntag (Easter Sunday), 28/03
  • Pfingstsonntag (Whit Sunday), 16/05
  • Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), 27/05 (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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