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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)