Public holidays in Switzerland
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In 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.
[edit] National Holidays
Date | English Name | Local Name | Holiday in | |||
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German | French | Italian | Romansh | |||
January 1 | New Year's Day | Neujahr | Nouvel an | Capodanno | Bumaun | entire Switzerland |
January 2 | Saint Berchtold | Berchtoldstag | Saint Berchtold | San Basilio | Firà da Bumaun | AG (partly), BE, FR, GL, JU, LU, NE, OW, SH, SO, TG, VD, ZG, ZH |
January 6 | Epiphany | Heilige drei Könige | Epiphanie | Epifania | GR (partly), SZ, TI, UR, LU | |
March 19 | Saint Joseph's Day | Josefstag | Saint Joseph | San Giuseppe | cath. regions: GR (partly), LU (partly), NW, SO (partly), SZ, TI, UR, VS | |
Friday before Easter | Good Friday | Karfreitag | Vendredi Saint | Venerdì santo | Venderdi sontg | entire Switzerland, without TI, VS |
Monday after Easter | Easter Monday | Ostermontag | Lundi de Pâques | Lunedì di Pasqua | Glindesdi da Pasca | entire Switzerland, without VS |
May 1 | May Day | Tag der Arbeit | Fête du travail | Festa del lavoro | Di da la lavur | BL, BS, FR (partly), JU, LU (partly), SH, SO (partly), TG, TI, ZH |
39 days after Easter | Ascension Day | Auffahrt | Ascension | Ascensione | Anzainzas | entire Switzerland |
Monday after Pentecost | Whit Monday | Pfingstmontag | Lundi de Pentecôte | Lunedì di Pentecoste | Glindesdi da Tschuncaisma | entire Switzerland, without VS |
60 days after Easter | Corpus Christi | Fronleichnam | Fête-Dieu | Corpus Domini | Sontgilcrest | Catholic regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG |
June 29 | St. Peter and St. Paul | Peter und Paul | Sts Pierre et Paul | SS. Pietro e Paolo | GR (partly), TI | |
August 1 | Swiss National Day | Schweizer Nationalfeiertag | Fête nationale Suisse | Festa nazionale della Svizzera | Festa naziunala | entire Switzerland |
August 15 | Assumption of Mary | Mariä Himmelfahrt | Assomption | Assunzione | Assumziun | Catholic regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG |
Third Sunday in September | Swiss federal fast | Eidgenössischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag | Jeûne fédéral | Digiuno federale | Festa da la rogaziun federala | entire Switzerland, without GE |
November 1 | All Saints | Allerheiligen | Toussaint | Ognissanti | Numnasontga | Catholic regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GL, GR (partly), JU, LU, NW, OW, SG, SO, SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG |
December 8 | Immaculate Conception | Mariä Empfängnis | Immaculée Conception | Immacolata Concezione | Immaculata concepziun | Catholic regions: AG (partly), AI, FR (partly), GR (partly), LU, NW, OW, SO (partly), SZ, TI, UR, VS, ZG |
December 25 | Christmas | Weihnachtstag | Noël | Natale | Di da Nadal | entire Switzerland |
December 26 | St. Stephen's Day | Stephanstag | Saint Etienne | Santo Stefano | Son Steffan | entire Switzerland, without GE, JU, VD, VS in NE only if occurring on Monday |
[edit] Regional Holidays
In addition to these national or general holidays there are also many regional and local holidays, most of which are only valid for one district or a few communes and sometimes are not accepted by law. Due to the high number of such local holidays, the following selection can only show a few of them:
Date | Name | Holiday in |
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6 days before Ash Wednesday | Fat Thursday | LU, NW, UR |
Monday, Tuesday before Ash Wednesday | Carnival | SZ, GL only Monday |
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday after Ash Wednesday | Carnival in Basel | only BS |
March 1 | Republic's day | only NE |
First Thursday in April | Näfelser Fahrt | only GL |
June 23 | Independence day | only JU |
Thursday following the first Sunday in September | Jeûne genevois (Genevan fast) | only GE |
First weekend (and afternoon of following Monday) in September | Knabenschiessen | only city (and agglomeration) of Zurich |
September 25 | Bruderklausenfest | only OW |
December 31 | Restoration of the Republic | only GE |
[edit] External links
- Comprehensive overview over the Swiss holidays (German PDF file)