Public holidays in Austria
This is a list of public holidays observed in Austria.
Date | English translation | Local name | Comment |
1 January | New Year's Day | Neujahr | |
6 January | Epiphany | Heilige Drei Könige | |
* | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | |
1 May | National Holiday | 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 |
15 August | Assumption of the Virgin Mary | 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 | St. 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 |
19 March | Saint Joseph's Day | Josefstag | Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg |
2 days before Easter Sunday | 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. |