diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/README.md b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/README.md
index 217743531..b2c98b71a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/README.md
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ They are all read-only.
 | next_title        | String    | Title of the next event                                                             |
 | next_start        | DateTime  | Start of the next event                                                             |
 | next_end          | DateTime  | End of the next event                                                               |
+| last_update       | DateTime  | The time and date of the last successful update of the calendar                     |
 
 ### Channels for `eventfilter`
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/ICalendarBindingConstants.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/ICalendarBindingConstants.java
index df0d0845c..ad1aa6428 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/ICalendarBindingConstants.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/ICalendarBindingConstants.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class ICalendarBindingConstants {
     public static final String CHANNEL_NEXT_EVENT_TITLE = "next_title";
     public static final String CHANNEL_NEXT_EVENT_START = "next_start";
     public static final String CHANNEL_NEXT_EVENT_END = "next_end";
+    public static final String CHANNEL_LAST_UPDATE = "last_update";
 
     // additional constants
     public static final int HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECS = 60;
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/handler/ICalendarHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/handler/ICalendarHandler.java
index e913fc2ed..06c5c60d3 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/handler/ICalendarHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/icalendar/internal/handler/ICalendarHandler.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ public class ICalendarHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler implements CalendarUpdat
     private @Nullable AbstractPresentableCalendar runtimeCalendar;
     private @Nullable ScheduledFuture<?> updateJobFuture;
     private Instant updateStatesLastCalledTime;
+    private @Nullable Instant calendarDownloadedTime;
 
     public ICalendarHandler(Bridge bridge, HttpClient httpClient, EventPublisher eventPublisher,
             TimeZoneProvider tzProvider) {
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ public class ICalendarHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler implements CalendarUpdat
             final AbstractPresentableCalendar calendar = AbstractPresentableCalendar.create(fileStream);
             runtimeCalendar = calendar;
             rescheduleCalendarStateUpdate();
+            calendarDownloadedTime = Instant.ofEpochMilli(calendarFile.lastModified());
         } catch (IOException | CalendarException e) {
             logger.warn("Loading calendar failed: {}", e.getMessage());
             return false;
@@ -375,6 +377,11 @@ public class ICalendarHandler extends BaseBridgeHandler implements CalendarUpdat
                 updateState(CHANNEL_NEXT_EVENT_END, UnDefType.UNDEF);
             }
 
+            final Instant lastUpdate = calendarDownloadedTime;
+            updateState(CHANNEL_LAST_UPDATE,
+                    (lastUpdate != null ? new DateTimeType(lastUpdate.atZone(tzProvider.getTimeZone()))
+                            : UnDefType.UNDEF));
+
             // process all Command Tags in all Calendar Events which ENDED since updateStates was last called
             // the END Event tags must be processed before the BEGIN ones
             executeEventCommands(calendar.getJustEndedEvents(updateStatesLastCalledTime, now), CommandTagType.END);
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/icalendar_de.properties b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/icalendar_de.properties
index e91507ebb..85fd74cd5 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/icalendar_de.properties
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/icalendar_de.properties
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ channel-type.icalendar.event_next_start.label = Start des n
 channel-type.icalendar.event_next_start.description = Start des nächsten Eintrags
 channel-type.icalendar.event_next_end.label = Ende des nächsten Eintrags
 channel-type.icalendar.event_next_end.description = Ende des nächsten Eintrags
+channel-type.icalendar.last_update.label = Letztes Kalender-Update
+channel-type.icalendar.last_update.description = Datum und Zeit des letzten erfolgreichen Kalender-Downloads
 channel-group-type.icalendar.result.label = Ergebnis
 channel-group-type.icalendar.result.description = Ergebnis, gefunden durch den Filter
 channel-type.icalendar.result_start.label = Ergebnisstart
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
index bf8cda4fd..8aaccfde1 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.icalendar/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/thing-types.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 			<channel id="next_title" typeId="event_next_title"/>
 			<channel id="next_start" typeId="event_next_start"/>
 			<channel id="next_end" typeId="event_next_end"/>
+			<channel id="last_update" typeId="last_update"/>
 		</channels>
 
 		<config-description>
@@ -118,6 +119,12 @@
 		<description>Title of the found result in calendar</description>
 		<state readOnly="true"/>
 	</channel-type>
+	<channel-type id="last_update">
+		<item-type>DateTime</item-type>
+		<label>Last Update</label>
+		<description>The time the calendar was updated successfully last time</description>
+		<state readOnly="true"/>
+	</channel-type>
 	<channel-group-type id="result">
 		<label>Result Event</label>
 		<description>A resulting event found by filter</description>