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This and That on Rose Monday

In most regions, strongholds of the Carnival of the Green Monday is the most important day of the entire carnival. It depends on Easter, two days before Ash Wednesday and is 48 days before Easter Sunday. After the calculation with the help of the Easter calendar, Shrove Monday, the earliest on 2 February and the latest on 8 March.
The importance of the Rose Monday with Customs and the various parades is clearly detected. A more difficult, however, the origin of the name, since there are different sources and records. Basically seems the term Rose Monday in Cologne to have been coined. This comes from the church rose Sunday (Laetare) from, a pre-Easter day of high importance. Situated in the middle of Lent Sunday was between 11 and 19 Century used as a holiday, were awarded to the individuals for their achievements. Served a purpose by the Pope consecrated golden rose.
Napoleon forbade for the future activities at the carnival Rose Sunday. To direct the carnival in an orderly, can be founded on 6 November 1822 in Cologne by the Organising Committee ", which from next year on the Monday after the annual Rose Sunday General Meeting convened. This indirectly resulted in a Rose Monday. Back in February 1823 (a Monday) was held in Cologne, the first organized parade. Around 1830, transferred the term of the Rose Monday of Lent on Monday, when the parades were held, whereby the still valid Rose Monday was created.

A Borrowing from this source record indicates the name originating in the color pink, because at the Rose Monday, the church representatives rosé festive garments wore .. More cities such as Dusseldorf and Mainz, which was founded in Cologne model followed. The first Düsseldorf Rose Monday parade was recorded in 1825, the first parade in Mainz 1837th
(Source: Customs)