:: :: Country: Austria :: :: Language: German :: :: Author: Friedrich Leisch :: John Layt :: :: Updated: 2010-09-22 :: :: Source: http://www.austria.info/uk/practical-information/public-holidays-daylight-savings-time-1138825.html :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Austria#Public_holidays :: :: Metadata country "AT" language "de" :name "optional - defaults to country name" :description "(please add description in source language) National holiday file for Austria" :: Public Holidays : New Year's Day "Neujahr" public on january 1 : Epiphany "Heilige Drei Könige" public on january 6 : Easter Monday "Ostermontag" public on easter plus 1 day : Ascension "Christi Himmelfahrt" public on easter plus 39 days : Whit Monday "Pfingstmontag" public on easter plus 50 days : Corpus Christi "Fronleichnam" public on easter plus 60 days : National Holiday / Labour Day "Tag der Arbeit" public on may 1 : Assumption "Maria Himmelfahrt" public on august 15 : National Day / Declaration of Neutrality "Nationalfeiertag" public on october 26 : All Saints "Allerheiligen" public on november 1 : Immaculate Conception "Maria Empfängnis" public on december 8 : Christmas Day "Christtag" public on december 25 : St Stephen's Day "Stephanitag" public on december 26 :: State Holidays : St Joseph in AU-K, AU-ST, AU-T, AU-V "Josef" religious on march 19 : St Florian in AU-OÖ "Florian" religious on may 4 : St Rupert of Salzburg in AU-S "Rupert" religious on september 24 : Carinthian Plebiscite in AU-K "Tag der Volksabstimmung" civil on october 10 : St Martin of Tours in AU-B "Martini" religious on november 11 : St Leopold in AU-NÖ, AU-W "Leopoldi" religious on november 15 :: Collective Contract : Part or full days off as negotiated "Heiliger Abend" civil on december 24 "Silvester" civil on december 31 :: Religious "Rosenmontag" religious on easter minus 48 days "Faschingsdienstag" religious on easter minus 47 days "Aschermittwoch" religious on easter minus 46 days "Palmsonntag" religious on easter minus 7 days "Gründonnerstag" religious on easter minus 3 days : Good Friday, day off for members of Reformed, Lutheran, Old Catholic and Methodist Churches "Karfreitag" religious on easter minus 2 days "Karsamstag" religious on easter minus 1 days : Easter "Ostern" religious on easter "Pfingsten" religious on easter plus 49 days "Allerseelen" religious on november 2 "Krampus" religious on december 5 "Nikolaus" religious on december 6 "1. Advent" religious on sunday before december 24 minus 21 days "2. Advent" religious on sunday before december 24 minus 14 days "3. Advent" religious on sunday before december 24 minus 7 days "4. Advent" religious on sunday before december 24 :: Financial :: Cultural "Muttertag" cultural on second sunday in may "Vatertag" cultural on second sunday in june :: School :: Daylight Saving "Beginn der Sommerzeit" seasonal on last sunday in march "Ende der Sommerzeit" seasonal on last sunday in october :: Seasons :: Name Days