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Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an ...
1 March - Republic Day; 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day; 3 April - Näfels Ride; 18 April - Good Friday; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 29 May - Ascension Day; 9 June - Whit Monday; 19 June - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 11 September ...
2 January - Berchtoldstag Day; 6 January - Epiphany; 1 March - Republic Day; 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day; 29 March - Good Friday; 1 April - Easter Monday; 4 April - Näfels Ride; 1 May - International Workers' Day; 9 May - Ascension Day; 20 May - Whit Monday; 30 May - Corpus Christi; 29 June - Saints Peter and Paul; 1 August - Swiss National Day
The 26 cantons that make up Switzerland set their public holidays independently – with the exception of 1 August, [1] which is the only federal holiday. [2] Furthermore, holidays can change depending on employers, and some holidays are specific to only a certain town or village.
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This was later made the third Sunday in September but for Geneva, which fixed the day of its own Jeûne genevois. In 1869 Geneva decreed that the holiday was no longer official, but Jeûne genevois was celebrated unofficially until 1965, slowly losing its religious significance. On 1 August 1966 it was again declared a public holiday and the ...