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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Austria

The list of Austria bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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21 Dec 2006  The Vienna Stock Exchange will be closed on Friday, December 29, 2006. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Austria public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend remain on that date (ie. they are not moved to another date). • Saturday Closings: Most stores in Austria close at 13:00 (1pm) on Saturdays. • Maundy Thursday (3 days before Easter) and Good Friday are not official national public holidays, but quite a few stores do close early. Banks are closed on Good Friday. • Christmas Eve (Weihnachten) is not one of the official public holidays but banks are closed on that day, and it is celebrated in the evening. Also, many stores close in the afternoon and don't reopen until December 27. • New Year's Eve is also a day when many places may close early. • Regional Days Each region has a patron saint day, when government offices and schools are closed: • Burgenland (B): 11-nov (St. Martin), • Kärnten (K): 19-mar (St. Josef), • Niederösterreich (NÖ): 15-nov (St. Leopold), • Oberösterreich (OÖ): 4-may (St. Florian), • Salzburg (S): 24-sep (St. Rupert), • Steiermark (ST): 19-mar (St. Josef), • Tirol (T): 19-mar (St. Josef), • Vorarlberg (V):19-mar (St. Josef), • Wien/Vienna (W): 15-nov (St. Leopold). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Austrian National Bank (Austria central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Austria, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Austria, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Austria, before planning any trip to Austria. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.