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Public Holidays In SwitzerlandIn Switzerland holidays - with the exception of August 1 - are defined on a cantonal basis. Holidays in the entire country are written in bold. Abbreviations for the Swiss cantons are described in Cantons of Switzerland. Date> | b>Name | Holiday in | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-1" title="January 1">January 1 | New Year's Day | entire Switzerland | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-2" title="January 2">January 2 | Saint Berchtold | AG (partly), BE, FR, GL, JU, LU, NE, OW, SH, SO, TG, VD, ZG, ZH | | a href="/encyclopedia/January-6" title="January 6">January 6 | Epiphany | GR (partly), SZ, TI, UR | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-19" title="March 19">March 19 | Saint Joseph's Day | cath. regions: GR (partly), LU (partly), NW, SO (partly), SZ, TI, UR, VS | | riday before Easter | Good Friday | entire Switzerland, without TI, VS | | a href="/encyclopedia/moveable-feast" title="moveable feast">moveable Sunday in March/April | Easter | entire Switzerland | | onday after Easter | Easter Monday | entire Switzerland, without VS | | a href="/encyclopedia/May-1" title="May 1">May 1 | May Day | BL, BS, FR (partly), JU, LU (partly), SH, SO (partly), TG, TI, ZH | | 0 days after Easter | Ascension Day | entire Switzerland | | 0 Tage after Easter | Pentecost | entire Switzerland | | onday after Pentecost | Whit Monday | entire Switzerland, without VS | | 1 days after Easter | Corpus Christi | cath. regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG | | a href="/encyclopedia/June-29" title="June 29">June 29 | St. Peter and St. Paul | only TI | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-1" title="August 1">August 1 | Swiss National Day | entire Switzerland | | a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15 | Assumption of Mary | cath. regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG | | hird Sunday in September | Swiss federal day of prayer | entire Switzerland, without GE | | a href="/encyclopedia/November-1" title="November 1">November 1 | All Saints | cath. regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GL, GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SG, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-8" title="December 8">December 8 | Immaculate Conception | cath. regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), LU, NW, OW, SO (partly), SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-25" title="December 25">December 25 | Christmas | entire Switzerland | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-26" title="December 26">December 26 | St. Stephen's Day | entire Switzerland, without GE, JU, NE, VD, VS | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-31" title="December 31">December 31 | New Year's Eve | only GE | In addition to these national or general holidays there are also many regional and local holidays. For details see http://www.feiertagskalender.ch/ Here is a selection: Date> | b>Name | Holiday in | | days before Ash Wednesday | Carnival Thursday | LU, NW, UR | | o, Tu before Ash Wednesday | Carnival | SZ, GL only Monday | | o, Tu, We after Ash Wednesday | Carnival in Basel | only BS | | a href="/encyclopedia/March-1" title="March 1">March 1 | Republic's day | only NE | | irst Thursday in April | Nfelser Fahrt | only GL | | a href="/encyclopedia/Juni-23" title="Juni 23">Juni 23 | Indipendence day | only JU | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-9" title="September 9">September 9 | Geneva's day of prayer | only GE | | irst weekend (and following Monday) in September | Knabenschiessen | only city (and agglomeration) Zrich | | a href="/encyclopedia/September-25" title="September 25">September 25 | St. Niklaus von der Fle | only OW | | a href="/encyclopedia/December-31" title="December 31">December 31 | Restauration of the Republic | only GE | See also External links Switzerland
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