Saint Maurice Day in inner Appenzell Innerrhoden

Saint Maurice Day

Cantonal holiday Inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden Falls on: Tuesday 1 leave day = 4 days

Saint Maurice Day falls on Tuesday, 22 September in 2026. The local holiday applies in the inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden.

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Saint Maurice Day falls on Tuesday, 22 September in 2026. The local holiday applies in the inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden. The inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden; the holiday does not apply in Oberegg district.

Saint Maurice Day 2026

Date, scope and what changes

Small canton, clear local effect

Saint Maurice Day falls on Tuesday, 22 September in 2026. The local holiday applies in the inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Only Swiss National Day on 1 August has federal constitutional holiday status. Saint Maurice Day is governed regionally and municipally.

The inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden; the holiday does not apply in Oberegg district.

Taking Monday, 21 September as leave creates a four-day break only in the inner part; Tuesday is a normal working day in Oberegg district.

Date
22 September.
Scope
Inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden
The inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden; the holiday does not apply in Oberegg district.
Planning
1 leave day = 4 days
Taking Monday off creates the four-day break only in the inner part; Tuesday is a normal working day in Oberegg district.
1 leave day = 4 days

Inner part with a Monday bridge

Taking Monday off creates the four-day break only in the inner part; Tuesday is a normal working day in Oberegg district.

Exclude Oberegg from the four-day break. Taking Monday off creates the four-day break only in the inner part; Tuesday is a normal working day in Oberegg district.

Employment: The local holiday rule applies to work in the inner part; permitted exceptions and employment details must be checked against the actual district.

School: Use the school calendar for the exact district: inner part or Oberegg. Saint Maurice Day does not apply in Oberegg.

Opening hours: Check opening hours separately in the inner part and Oberegg; the local holiday rule stops at the district boundary.

Calendar effect
19 September 2026 to 22 September 2026
1 leave day = 4 days

Assumption: Monday-Friday working week.

Workplace applicability is not confirmed; no leave days are preselected. Local or partial employment entitlement for Saint Maurice Day (2026-09-22) at the workplace in Switzerland must be confirmed with the municipality and employer.

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Small canton, clear local effect

Saint Maurice Day applies in the inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Oberegg is excluded, and no cantonal public-holiday effect arises outside that area.

Saint Maurice Day in Switzerland
Saint Maurice Day applies in the inner part of Appenzell Innerrhoden. Oberegg is excluded, and no cantonal public-holiday effect arises outside that area.

Feast of Saint Maurice

Saint Maurice Day commemorates Saint Maurice. In Appenzell Innerrhoden, its public-holiday effect belongs to the inner part of the canton and not to Oberegg district.

A local church feast

Patronal observances and services give the date its local character. Religious veneration is wider than the tightly limited employment-holiday scope.

For travel or participation, use the local information published for the affected canton or municipality.

Sources & further reading

  1. SECO: leisure and public holidays : Federal guidance distinguishing the nationwide holiday from cantonal holidays.
  2. Swiss Labour Act Art. 20a : Federal labour rule for canton-designated holidays.
  3. Federal Constitution Art. 110 : constitutional status of Swiss National Day.
  4. Historical federal compilation (2011) : Historical context only; not current scope authority.
  5. EDK school holidays : Cantonal school-holiday source.
  6. Appenzell Innerrhoden public-rest-day rules : Cantonal source for the stated inner-district scope.