Feiertage Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Feiertage Appenzell Ausserrhoden tracks the public holidays observed in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, with entries centred on the cantonal and widely recognised national holidays that shape the local year. The list includes occasions such as Neujahr, Gründonnerstag, Karfreitag, Ostersonntag, Ostermontag, Auffahrt, Pfingstsonntag, Muttertag, and Bundesfeier on 1 August, giving a practical view of the holidays calendar used across homes, offices, schools, and public administration in northeastern Switzerland. The schedule reflects the Swiss pattern of movable Christian observances alongside fixed national and customary days. In Appenzell Ausserrhoden, as in much of Switzerland, some holidays are recognised more broadly than others, while dates tied to Easter move from year to year according to the liturgical calendar. That means the sequence changes each spring, with Gründonnerstag, Karfreitag, Ostersonntag, Ostermontag, Auffahrt, and Pfingstsonntag appearing in their seasonal order, while Neujahr and Bundesfeier remain fixed anchor points in the annual cycle. The canton’s position in Switzerland gives the list local relevance for planning around office closures, school breaks, and reduced public services. For households, employers, payroll teams, and administrators, the value lies in having those dates visible in a smart calendar feed free to subscribe and easy to add to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. A single calendar view helps align leave planning, business opening hours, travel arrangements, and family commitments without manual entry of each observance. That is especially useful in a canton where cantonal practice and nationally observed days do not always follow exactly the same pattern, and where the timing of Easter-linked holidays shifts each year. The feed updates regularly so changes to holiday observance, corrections, or rescheduled entries appear automatically in the calendar app. That makes the list suitable for ongoing use across the current year and the next holiday cycle, with Appenzell Ausserrhoden’s local pattern kept current as the holidays move through the Swiss calendar.