1946 Holidays and Events in Vienna, Austria

Additional Information	Date	Name
	1/1/1946, Tue	New Year's Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Nuejahr.
	1/6/1946, Sun	Epiphany
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Heilige Drei Könige.
	3/6/1946, Wed	Opera Ball
Note The Vienna Opera Ball (Wiener Opernball) is an annual Austrian society event held at the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria. Regarded as the climax of the Viennese carnival season, it transforms the renowned opera house into a giant, glamorous ballroom.
	4/21/1946, Sun	Easter
Note Not an official national holiday. A Christian religious observance.
	4/22/1946, Mon	Easter Monday
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Ostermontag.
	5/1/1946, Wed	National Holiday (Labour Day)
Note An official national holiday. Established in 1919 to commemorate the founding of the First Austrian Republic; the FRG calls it "Staatsfeiertag" (National Holiday), not "Labour Day," though it functions as International Workers' Day.
	5/30/1946, Thu	Ascension Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Christi Himmelfahrt.
	6/10/1946, Mon	Whit Monday
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Pfingstmontag.
	6/20/1946, Thu	Corpus Christi
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Fronleichnam.
	8/15/1946, Thu	Assumption Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Mariä Himmelfahrt.
	10/26/1946, Sat	Austrian National Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Nationalfeiertag. Commemorates the 26 October 1955 adoption of Austrian permanent neutrality by the National Council.
	11/1/1946, Fri	All Saints' Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Allerheiligen.
	11/15/1946, Fri	Saint Leopold's Day
Note An official state holiday, known locally as Leopold.
	12/8/1946, Sun	Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Mariä Empfängnis. Retail stores are allowed to open for Christmas shopping.
	12/24/1946, Tue	Christmas Eve
Note Observed in all states as a bank holiday, but not a federal public holiday. Known locally as Weihnachten.
	12/25/1946, Wed	Christmas Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Christtag.
	12/26/1946, Thu	St. Stephen's Day
Note An official national holiday, known locally as Stephanitag. Feast of Saint Stephen the Protomartyr.
	12/31/1946, Tue	New Year's Eve
Note Observed in all states as a bank half-day holiday, but not a federal public holiday. Known locally as Silvester.

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