Public holidays by German state

What you need

• The German state you work in. You already picked it during setup; this is where you change it.

1 · Open Regional & Holidays

Click the gear icon at the top right of the navigation. On a phone, tap your profile picture or initials at the top right, then Settings. Choose Regional & Holidays – on a phone, through the button at the top right that opens Settings Sections.

2 · Pick your state

Click the field under Federal State (for Holidays) and choose one of the 16 states. The names are in German, for example Bayern for Bavaria. Zeitbro then shows the nationwide holidays plus those of your state. Holiday names appear in German too, such as Tag der Deutschen Einheit.

• None – Zeitbro shows only the nationwide holidays, such as Neujahr (New Year’s Day).
• If the field reads Select State, no state is set yet, and the calendar shows no holidays at all.

3 · Local holidays in Bavaria

Pick Bayern and Local Holiday Options (Bavaria) appears below with two checkboxes:

• Is office in Augsburg? (enables Hohes Friedensfest - Aug 8) – unticked at first. Tick it to add the Friedensfest.
• Is office in a Catholic community? (Maria Himmelfahrt - Aug 15) – ticked at first. Untick it to drop the Assumption holiday.

Sachsen and Thüringen get a similar checkbox for Fronleichnam (Corpus Christi). For now, though, Fronleichnam doesn’t appear in the calendar there even when ticked. If you need it, set the day to Holiday yourself in its calendar row.

4 · Save

Click Save Changes at the bottom. Zeitbro confirms with Settings Saved, and the calendar shows the holidays of the state you picked.

5 · Holidays in the calendar

In the Calendar, a holiday’s row shows its name where the times would be. The day counts as fulfilled: Zeitbro counts it as 8 hours, and in the calendar your balance stays the same. The status field in a holiday’s row won’t change the holiday. To record work on a holiday, use the day editor – the questions below explain how.

Zeitbro uses your holidays elsewhere too. The Time Off Planner skips them when you book vacation. When today is a holiday, the Workday panel on the Home page says Paid holiday — hours you work count on top. School holidays in your state get a small book icon in the calendar; they don’t change your target or balance.