Plan German bridge days by year and federal state
Select the year, place of work and leave-day budget. The planner shows statutory holidays, weekend losses and the most efficient leave windows directly in the annual calendar.
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2026 in North Rhine-Westphalia: 11 statutory holidays and 16 matching leave packages.
2026 annual calendar
Public holidays and leave in North Rhine-Westphalia
January
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May
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September
October
November
December
Complete overview
Statutory public holidays 2026 in North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumption: Monday-to-Friday working week
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Planning leave from 2026 to 2035
Why the year and workplace make a difference
The value of statutory holidays changes with the weekday and federal state. The planner therefore recalculates the selected year from scratch.
Fixed holidays move through the weekly grid
Dates such as 1 May, 3 October and Christmas may fall on a weekend, depending on the year, and then add no weekday off to a Monday-to-Friday schedule.
The best windows are recalculated for every year
The planner combines public holidays, weekends and required leave into maximum time-off windows and automatically ranks them by efficiency.
The federal state and workplace matter
Women's Day, Corpus Christi, All Saints' Day or the Day of Repentance change the recommendations. Local exceptions count only after confirmation.
Free 2027 team template
2027 vacation planner for Excel and PDF
Transfer selected periods into the annual template and review team overlaps, remaining leave and absences in one shared view.
- All 365 days of 2027 in one annual overview
- Employees, entitlement, remaining leave and status codes
- 2027 public holidays and a source sheet for further checks
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