{
  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-germany-national-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "de-national-holidays-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "DE (Germany nationwide statutory public holidays for 2026)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Germany nationwide statutory public holidays for 2026",
  "holiday_policy": "Only the nine holidays listed by the Bundesbank as valid for the entire Federal Republic are included; state-specific holidays are not inserted.",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No nationwide substitute-day closure is inferred when a holiday falls on a weekend.",
  "limitation": "State, municipal, school, bank, TARGET, transport-system, collective-agreement and employer-specific schedules are not inferred.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; ArbZG/§30 StVO holiday-rest framework"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "name": "Easter Monday",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Labour Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; §30(4) StVO"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-14",
      "name": "Ascension Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; §30(4) StVO"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-25",
      "name": "Whit Monday",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; §30(4) StVO"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-03",
      "name": "German Unity Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; Unification Treaty Article 2"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; §30(4) StVO"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-26",
      "name": "Boxing Day",
      "kind": "national_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Bundesbank 2026 nationwide list; §30(4) StVO"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Deutsche Bundesbank – Feiertage in Deutschland 2026",
      "url": "https://www.bundesbank.de/resource/blob/749314/05f64c15196c20776ae7c22a2739b03c/mL/feiertage-in-deutschland-1-data.pdf",
      "type": "government_calendar_reference",
      "scope": "2026 nationwide and state-specific holiday table; this package selects the nine holidays listed for the entire Federal Republic"
    },
    {
      "name": "Federal Ministry of Justice – Working Time Act (ArbZG), §§ 9–11",
      "url": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbzg/BJNR117100994.html",
      "type": "government_law",
      "scope": "Sunday and state-recognised public-holiday rest protection and exceptions"
    },
    {
      "name": "Federal Ministry of Justice – Road Traffic Regulations, § 30(4)",
      "url": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvo_2013/__30.html",
      "type": "government_law",
      "scope": "federal list distinguishing nationwide holidays from state-specific holidays"
    },
    {
      "name": "Federal Ministry of Justice – Unification Treaty, Article 2",
      "url": "https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/einigvtr/art_2.html",
      "type": "government_law",
      "scope": "3 October as the statutory German Unity Day"
    }
  ]
}