Public holidays in Austria
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This is a list of public holidays observed in Austria.[1]
Date | English translation | Local name | Comment |
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1 January | New Year's Day | Neujahr | |
6 January | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige | |
Variable | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | |
1 May | Labour Day | Staatsfeiertag | |
Variable | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt | 39 days after Easter Sunday |
Variable | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag | Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, 49 and 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ |
Variable | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam | First Holy Eucharist Last Supper. Thursday after Trinity Sunday (60 days after Easter Sunday) |
15 August | Assumption Day | Mariä Himmelfahrt | |
26 October | National Day | Nationalfeiertag | Day of the Declaration of Neutrality |
1 November | All Saints' Day | Allerheiligen | |
8 December | Immaculate Conception | Mariä Empfängnis | retail stores are allowed to open for Christmas shopping |
25 December | Christmas Day | Christtag | |
26 December | Saint Stephen's Day | Stefanitag |
An asterisk (*) denotes a movable holiday.
Additional days are observed in some states or industries. Below are holidays observed in some federal states.
Date | English translation | Local name | Observed States |
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19 March | Saint Joseph's Day | Josefstag | Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg |
4 May | Saint Florian's Day | Florian | Upper Austria |
24 September | Saint Rupert's Day | Rupert | Salzburg |
10 October | Plebiscite Day | Tag der Volksabstimmung | Carinthia |
11 November | Saint Martin's Day | Martin | Burgenland |
15 November | Saint Leopold's Day | Leopold | Lower Austria and Vienna |
24 December | Christmas Eve | Weihnachten | All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday. |
31 December | New Year's Eve | Silvester | All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Public Holidays & Daylight Savings Time in Austria". Retrieved 28 July 2016.