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Austrian  Holidays and Special Celebrations  2008
Austria is a Catholic Country and many of the holidays are related to the church calendar. Stores are closed on many of them and each Sunday (with a few exceptions). Here is the list of Austrian holidays and links to their origins.  ( *Official Holidays, stores closed) Advent • Ball Season • Chanukah • Easter • Eid-ul-Fitr • Valentine's Day American Holidays • Earth Calendar • Jewish Holidays • Multi-Cultural Calendar • Muslim Holidays • UN International Days
January/Januar 01: New Year's Day* (Neujahr) 06: Epiphany* (Heilige Drei Könige) March/Maerz 16: Palm Sunday (Palmsonntag) 20: Maundy Thursday (Gründonnerstag). 21: Good Friday (Karfreitag) 23: Easter Sunday *(Ostern) 24: Easter Monday* (Ostern Montag) May/Mai 01: Labor Day* (Tag der Arbeit) 01: Ascension* (Christi Himmelfahrt) 09: Europe Day 11: Mother's Day (Muttertag) 11: Pentecoust/Whitsun* (Pfingsten) 12: Whitmonday* 22: Corpus Christi * (Fronleichnam) July/Juli September/September November/November 01: All Saints' Day* (Allerheiligen 02: All Souls' Day (Allerseelen) 11: St. Martin's Day (Martinstag) 11: Fashing Begins	February/Februar 04: Rose Monday (Rosenmontag) 05: Fasching Tuesday (Faschingdienstag) 06: Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch) 14: Valentines Day April/April June/Juni 08: Fathers Day (Vatertag) August/August 15: Assumption Day*/Ascension (Mariähimmelfahrt) October/Oktober 26: Austrian National Day *(Nationalfeiertag) December/Dezember 04: St. Barbara's Day (Barbaratag) 06: St. Nikolaus Day (Nikolaustag) 08: Immaculate Conception*(Mariä Empfängnis) 24: Christmas Eve (Heiliger Abend) 25: Christmas Day *(Christtag) 26: St. Stephen's Day *(Stefanitag) 31: New Year's Eve (Silvester

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