Public holidays in Liechtenstein

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This is a list of public holidays in Liechtenstein .

Holidays
DateEnglish name German nameNotes
1 January New Year's Day Neujahr
2 January Saint Berchtold's Day Berchtoldstag
6 January Epiphany Drei Könige
2 February Candlemas Mariä Lichtmess
moveable Shrove Tuesday Fasnachtsdienstag21 February 2023
13 February 2024
19 March Saint Joseph's Day Josefstag
moveable Good Friday Karfreitag7 April 2023
29 March 2024
moveable Easter Monday Ostermontag10 April 2023
1 April 2024
1 May Labour Day Tag der Arbeit
moveable Ascension Day Auffahrt18 May 2023
9 May 2024
moveable Whit Monday Pfingstmontag29 May 2023
20 May 2024
moveable Corpus Christi Fronleichnam8 June 2023
30 May 2024
15 August National Day [1] Staatsfeiertag
8 September Nativity of Mary Maria Geburt
1 November All Saints Day Allerheiligen
8 December Immaculate Conception Maria Empfängnis
24 December Christmas Eve Heiliger Abend
25 December Christmas Day Weihnachten
26 December St. Stephen's Day Stefanstag
31 December New Year's Eve Silvester

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References

  1. National Day Liechtenstein. Retrieved June 16, 2017.