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Berchtoldstag (also Bechtelistag Bächtelistag Berchtelistag Bärzelistag in Liechtenstein Bechtelstag Bechtle) is an Alemannic holiday known in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is near New Year’s Day during the Rauhnächte in Switzerland nearly always on 2 January (in Frauenfeld on the third Monday in January) with the status of a public holiday in a number of cantons (AG (partly) BE FR GL JU LU NE OW SH SO TG VD ZG ZH).