This is a list of public holidays observed in Austria.
Date English translation Local name Comment1 January New Year's Day Neujahr 6 January Epiphany Heilige Drei Könige Variable Easter Monday Ostermontag 1 May Labour Day Staatsfeiertag Variable Ascension Day Christi Himmelfahrt 39 days after Easter SundayVariable Whit Monday Pfingstmontag Descent of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles, 49 and 50 days after the Resurrection of ChristVariable Corpus Christi Fronleichnam First Holy Eucharist Last Supper. Thursday after Trinity Sunday (60 days after Easter Sunday)15 August Assumption Day Mariä Himmelfahrt 26 October National Day Nationalfeiertag Day of the Declaration of Neutrality1 November All Saints' Day Allerheiligen 8 December Immaculate Conception Mariä Empfängnis Retail stores are allowed to open for Christmas shopping25 December Christmas Day Christtag 26 December Saint Stephen's Day Stefanitag
Additional days are observed in some states or industries. Below are holidays observed in some federal states.
Date English translation Local name Observed States19 March Saint Joseph's Day Josef Carinthia, Styria, Tyrol and Vorarlberg4 May Saint Florian's Day Florian Upper Austria24 September Saint Rupert's Day Rupert Salzburg10 October Plebiscite Day Tag der Volksabstimmung Carinthia11 November Saint Martin's Day Martin Burgenland15 November Saint Leopold's Day Leopold Lower Austria and Vienna24 December Christmas Eve Weihnachten All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday.31 December New Year's Eve Silvester All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday.
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