Switzerland (St. Gallen) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Ascension holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
School holidays :
Ascension
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Ascension holiday (end)
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Monday May 30, 2022
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 3, 2022
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday June 5, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Dancing ban
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Monday June 6, 2022
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes
Whit Monday
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Monday June 6, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday June 7, 2022
School holidays :
Tour de Suisse
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Sunday June 12, 2022
Sports events : Lasts 1 week - www.tourdesuisse.ch/ 2022 edition confirmed
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 8, 2022
School holidays :
Dancing ban
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Monday August 1, 2022
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes
Confederation Day
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Monday August 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Instaured at the end of the XIX century. The date refers to an agreement made at the beginning of August 1291 between Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden. Traditional observance includes bonfires on the the mountains and celebrations in the communities, occasions for patriotic speeches. Modern observance, fostered by the Tourist offices, include fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday August 15, 2022
School holidays :
Assumption
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Monday August 15, 2022
Catholic : The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin is the dogma so far defined by the Church. The definition was made by Pope Pius XII on 1st November 1950. The Pope proclaimed: We pronounce, declare and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. In Switzerland: Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn, Apenzell Innerrhoden, Aargan, Ticino, Wallis, Jura
In Germany: Bavaria (catholic communities), Saarland
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday September 30, 2022
School holidays :
Saint Gallus
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Sunday October 16, 2022
cards/flowers : Day of the city's patron. In the city of St. Gall, generally observed. Kriens, Hochwald [Solothurn], St Gallen
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday October 24, 2022
School holidays :
All Saints' Day
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Tuesday November 1, 2022
Catholic or protestant : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. Kriens, Hochwald [Solothurn], St.Gallen
Dancing ban
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Wednesday November 16, 2022
Culture : This ban applies to all major religious celebrations, but does not apply in homes