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A highly impressive local religious festival: the «Engelweihe» (Consecration of the Angels) on 14 September in Einsiedeln.

Catholic feast days

Large differences

When it comes to feast days, there are large differences between the confessions and even locally. Besides the general Christian festivals Christmas, Easter, Ascension Day and Whitsuntide, the following festivals are official public holidays in most traditionally Catholic cantons:

  • Corpus Christi
  • Assumption Day (15 August)
  • All Saints’ Day (1 November)

In addition, there are numerous local feast days that are sometimes also official public holidays. A general overview is to be found at Feiertage Schweiz.


Last modified: 3.11.11