Holidays and Observances in Austria in 2005
Date | Name | Type | Details | |
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Jan 1 | Saturday | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
Jan 6 | Thursday | Epiphany | National holiday | |
Mar 19 | Saturday | Saint Joseph's Day | State holiday | Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg |
Mar 20 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Mar 20 | Sunday | March Equinox | Season | |
Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday | Observance, Christian | Burgenland, Carinthia, Vienna*, Vorarlberg* |
Mar 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Mar 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday | National holiday | |
May 1 | Sunday | Labor Day / May Day | National holiday | |
May 4 | Wednesday | Saint Florian's Day | State holiday | Upper Austria |
May 5 | Thursday | Ascension Day | National holiday | |
May 8 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance | |
May 15 | Sunday | Whit Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday | National holiday | |
May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | National holiday | |
Jun 12 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance | |
Jun 21 | Tuesday | June Solstice | Season | |
Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | National holiday | |
Sep 23 | Friday | September Equinox | Season | |
Sep 24 | Saturday | Saint Rupert's Day | State holiday | Salzburg |
Sep 25 | Sunday | European Heritage Days | Observance | |
Oct 10 | Monday | Plebiscite Day | State holiday | Carinthia |
Oct 13 | Thursday | Yom Kippur | Optional Holiday | Vorarlberg |
Oct 26 | Wednesday | National Day | National holiday | |
Oct 30 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
Oct 31 | Monday | Reformation Day | Observance | |
Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day | National holiday | |
Nov 2 | Wednesday | All Souls' Day | Observance, Christian | |
Nov 11 | Friday | Saint Martin's Day | State holiday | Burgenland |
Nov 15 | Tuesday | Saint Leopold's Day | State holiday | Lower Austria, Vienna |
Nov 27 | Sunday | First Advent Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
Dec 8 | Thursday | Immaculate Conception | National holiday | |
Dec 21 | Wednesday | December Solstice | Season | |
Dec 24 | Saturday | Christmas Eve | Half-day holiday | |
Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day | National holiday | |
Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day | National holiday | |
Dec 31 | Saturday | New Year's Eve | Observance | |
* Observed only in part of this state. Hover your mouse over the region or click on the holiday for details. |
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