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title: How to import an external calendar into ChurchTools
description: "You can use iCal to display and save existing calendars in ChurchTools, either in a new or already existing ChurchTools calendar. [Ferien, Feiertage und liturgischen Kalender abonnieren](https://www.youtube.com/embed/OwD2Y9WlYp4?feature=oembed) **Note** The data of the imported calendar is saved directly in your ChurchTools…"
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/create-administer-calendars/13-how-to-import-an-external-calendar-into-churchtools/"
updated: "2025-09-16"
category: Calendar / Create/Administer Calendars
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# How to import an external calendar into ChurchTools

You can use iCal to display and save existing calendars in ChurchTools, either in a new or already existing ChurchTools calendar.

[Ferien, Feiertage und liturgischen Kalender abonnieren](https://www.youtube.com/embed/OwD2Y9WlYp4?feature=oembed)

**Note**

The data of the imported calendar is saved directly in your ChurchTools database and gets refreshed once a day. Meaning that after the external calendar has been imported you could remove the iCal-Link from the ChurchTools calendar and all the dates will still be saved in ChurchTools.

## New Calendar

### 1. Create a new calendar

Please follow our instructions on how to [create a calendar](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/create-administer-calendars/13-how-to-create-a-calendar/).

### 2. Enter iCal-Link

You can add any iCal-Link, i.e. one that shows the school holidays of your federal state: https://www.schulferien.org/deutschland/ical/

![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-342.png)

## Existing Calendar

### 1. Open calendar settings

![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-345.png)

### 2. Enter iCal-Link

![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-344.png)

### 3. Confirm import

![](https://staging.churchtools.academy/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/image-343.png)

#### Read more

- [How to create a calendar](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/create-administer-calendars/13-how-to-create-a-calendar/)
- [How to subscribe to a calendar](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/subscriptions-reminders/13-how-to-subscribe-to-a-calendar/)
- [What different types of calendars exist](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/basics-calendar/13-what-different-types-of-calendars-exist/)