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Leave planner 2028: an overview of the year

2028 has 260 weekdays from Monday to Friday. After public holidays, 248 to 251 working days remain, depending on the German state. This page lists the holidays that apply everywhere, the bridge days worth taking nationwide, and all 16 states side by side.

260weekdays, Monday to Friday
9nationwide public holidays, 8 of them on a weekday
248–251working days, depending on the state
46days off for 17 days of leave via bridge days

Nationwide public holidays 2028

These 9 holidays apply in all 16 German states. Depending on the state, more are added, up to 13 in total.

Holiday on a working day falls on a weekend Between 05/06 and 03/10 there are 119 days without one.
Holiday Date Day
Neujahr (New Year’s Day) 1 January 2028 Saturday
Karfreitag (Good Friday) 14 April 2028 Friday
Ostermontag (Easter Monday) 17 April 2028 Monday
Tag der Arbeit (Labour Day) 1 May 2028 Monday
Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day) 25 May 2028 Thursday
Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday) 5 June 2028 Monday
Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day) 3 October 2028 Tuesday
1. Weihnachtstag (Christmas Day) 25 December 2028 Monday
2. Weihnachtstag (Second Day of Christmas) 26 December 2028 Tuesday

All public holidays 2028 in Germany, including regional ones →

The best bridge days in 2028

Worked out nationwide, so only with holidays that apply everywhere. Depending on the state, 2028 adds stretches around these state holidays: Heilige Drei Könige (Epiphany), Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi), Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption Day), Weltkindertag (World Children’s Day), Reformationstag (Reformation Day), Allerheiligen (All Saints’ Day) and Buß- und Bettag (Day of Repentance and Prayer). The state pages show which.

4 days off for 1

Thu 25/05 to Sun 28/05

Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day)

Book these days: 26/05

4 days off for 1

Sat 30/09 to Tue 03/10

Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day)

Book these days: 02/10

10 days off for 3

Sat 23/12 to Mon 01/01/2029

1. Weihnachtstag (Christmas Day) · 2. Weihnachtstag (Second Day of Christmas) · Neujahr (New Year’s Day)

Book these days: 27/12, 28/12, 29/12

All bridge days 2028 in Germany →

Public holidays and working days 2028 by state

If your people work in several states, you plan with several calendars. In 2028 the gap between the state with the most and the fewest working days is 3 days.

State Holidays on Mon–Fri Working days Summer holidays Details
Baden-Württemberg 12 11 249 27/07 – 09/09 · 32 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Bavaria 13 12 248 31/07 – 11/09 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Berlin 10 9 251 01/07 – 12/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Brandenburg 12 9 251 29/06 – 12/08 · 32 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Bremen 10 9 251 20/07 – 30/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Hamburg 10 9 251 03/07 – 11/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Hesse 10 9 251 03/07 – 11/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 11 10 250 26/06 – 05/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Lower Saxony 10 9 251 20/07 – 30/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
North Rhine-Westphalia 11 10 250 10/07 – 22/08 · 32 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Rhineland-Palatinate 11 10 250 03/07 – 11/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Saarland 12 11 249 03/07 – 11/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Saxony 11 10 250 22/07 – 01/09 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Saxony-Anhalt 11 10 250 22/07 – 01/09 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Schleswig-Holstein 10 9 251 24/06 – 04/08 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays
Thuringia 11 10 250 22/07 – 01/09 · 30 days of leave Holidays Bridge days School holidays

Working days: Monday to Friday minus public holidays falling on a weekday, for a five-day week. Bavaria includes Assumption Day, which only applies in predominantly Catholic municipalities there. Corpus Christi in individual municipalities of Saxony and Thuringia is not counted.

Days of leave: what a parent on a five-day week would have to book to be off for the whole summer holidays.

School holiday dates: OpenHolidaysAPI , published under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0) . The announcement of the responsible ministry remains authoritative.

How a team plans 2028 in Tiveo

  1. Carry over remaining leave from 2027

    Remaining days move into the new year by themselves, with no year-end closing. Before they expire, for example on 31 March, Tiveo can email a reminder to everyone with their own account and records when it was sent. Without a timely reminder, leave does not expire (CJEU C-684/16).

  2. Set the state for each person

    Then each person’s calendar shows the right holidays for 2028: 13 public holidays in Bavaria, 10 in Berlin. Part-time and half days are counted with every request.

  3. Let people request early

    While a request is filled in, the dialog counts the working days and names the public holidays in the period, which cost no leave. Whoever approves sees in the team calendar who is already away in the same period, so it shows early when half the team wants May off.

  4. Keep the overview and export it

    The 2028 team calendar shows every absence together with public and school holidays, as a print-ready PDF for the wall or as a CSV file for Excel.

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