Families and children in costumes, Rosenmontag 2009 in Aachen
Significance
Highlight of Karneval before Lent
Date
Monday before Ash Wednesday
2023 date
20 February
2024 date
12 February
2025 date
3 March
2026 date
16 February
Frequency
annual
Rose Monday Carnival on Rottweil, Germany
Rosenmontag (German:[ˌʁoːznˈ̩moːntaːk]ⓘ, English: Rose-Monday[1]) is the highlight of the German Karneval (carnival), and takes place on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.[2] Mardi Gras, though celebrated on Fat Tuesday, is a similar event. Rosenmontag is celebrated in German-speaking countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium (Eupen, Kelmis), but most heavily in the carnival strongholds which include the Rhineland, especially in Cologne,[3] Bonn, Düsseldorf,[4] Aachen and Mainz.[5] In contrast to Germany, in Austria, the highlight of the carnival is not Rosenmontag, but Shrove Tuesday.
The name for the carnival comes from the German dialect word roose meaning "frolic" and Montag meaning Monday.[1]
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^"Karneval revellers brave chilly rain for Rosenmontag parade". AFP/thelocal.de. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009.
^Riedemann, Margaret. "Rose Monday Parade – Carnival Monday in Duesseldorf". Retrieved 10 February 2013.
^Abrams, Michael (31 January 2013). "Mainz: Colorful Rosenmontag parade is the highlight of Fastnacht". Stars and Stripes. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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