State Holidays / Religious Holidays. 
        January 1st New Years Day  
        Epiphany Jan 6th
        Good Friday
        Easter Vigil - Saturday night fires 
        Easter Sunday 
        Easter Monday
        Ascension Day May 24th 
        Whit Monday
        Corpus Christi day
        Feast of the Assumption August 14th – Maria Himmel Fahrt
        (the hiking day) Maria Ascension / Himmelfahrt,
        on this occasion many masses – Catholic services are held at the mountain tops or in the Alms –Alpine meadows. 
        October 26th  National Holiday – Independence Day - Also a day for getting outdoor – hiking and walking
        Nov 1st - All Saints Day – the general population attends Mass services in cemeteries across the country honoring their departed.  
        
        Christmas Eve, Christmas
        Stepanitag (Saint name day – day after Christmas holiday. 
        New Years Eve Sylvester (Saints name day)