Public holidays in Austria

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 |
* | Easter Monday | Ostermontag |
1 May | Labour Day | Staatsfeiertag |
* | Ascension Day | Christi Himmelfahrt | 39 days after Easter Sunday
* | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag | Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, 49 and 50 days after the Resurrection of Christ
* | 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
2 days before Easter | Good Friday | Karfreitag | All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday.
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]

1. ^ "Public Holidays & Daylight Savings Time in Austria". Retrieved 28 July 2016.

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