List based on Article 11 of the European Convention of 16 May 1972 on the Calculation of Time-Limits (SR 0.221.122.3), abbreviated CETS No. 076
The list is up-to-date (excluding holidays that always fall on a Sunday):
- New Year's Day (January 1)
- Berchtold's Day (January 2)
- Good Friday (Easter minus 2 days)
- Easter Monday (Easter plus 1 day)
- Ascension Day (Easter plus 39 days)
- Whit Monday (Easter plus 50 days)
- Corpus Christi (Easter plus 60 days)
- National Day (August 1)
- Assumption Day (August 15)
- Brother Klaus Festival (September 25)
- All Saints' Day (November 1)
- Immaculate Conception (December 8)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
- St. Stephen's Day (December 26)
January 2, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and December 26 are treated as public holidays applicable throughout the canton for the calculation of deadlines.
Public holidays, as listed in the CETS No. 076 list in combination with the GOG/NW and the four days mentioned therein that are treated as public holidays (Berchtoldstag, Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and St. Stephen's Day)
The municipalities can, by ordinance, designate a local holiday equivalent to Sundays.
