Events

Planning Events 2026

These are planning-relevant dates, not another public-holiday list. Use them to see clock changes, carnival, Easter context, family days, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Saint Martin's Day, Saint Nicholas and Advent in the year.

Public holidays stay separate: every detail page states clearly whether work, school, shops, travel or family logistics are practically affected.

Upcoming dates

Plan the next events

All event types

Halloween

Not a public holiday
Upcoming date 101 days until Halloween
Timeline

By month

19 dates

February

5 dates

March

1 date

April

3 dates

May

2 dates

October

2 dates

November

2 dates

December

4 dates

Event catalogue

Open an event type

Daylight saving time Valentine's Day Carnival Easter Mother's Day Father's Day Halloween Saint Martin's Day Saint Nicholas Day Advent Sundays
Next planning views

Connect events with tools and school breaks

These pages turn event dates into week planning, leave planning, calendar feeds or exportable data.

Holiday planner Turn event context into leave decisions. Calendar weeks Place events in week and quarter context. School holidays Compare events with school-free periods. School holiday overview Open the general school holiday entry point. Winter break Check the February school-break layer. Easter break Connect Easter dates and school breaks. Calendar subscription Keep events in calendar apps. Data export Export date data for systems.
Decision help

Evaluate events correctly

Start with the event status: a date can be useful for planning even when it is not a public holiday everywhere. The practical question is whether it changes school, work, shops, travel or family coordination in the selected German state.

Open the holiday planner when bridge days and surrounding workdays matter, use calendar weeks for team planning, compare school holidays for family trips and keep confirmed dates in a calendar subscription.

Legal clarity

Public holiday status first

Every event page states explicitly whether the date is a public holiday.

Planning

Impact beats trivia

The focus is school, work, shops, travel and family coordination.

Tools

Then open the right view

Calendar weeks and the planner handle the concrete schedule.

Data basis

Recurring date rules, checked legal status

Planning events follow recurring calendar rules. Public-holiday status is kept separate and checked against German statutory source context; school context uses official KMK calendar data where relevant.

PTB clock-change rule Working Time Act section 9 KMK holiday calendar How we maintain this data