8. Februar 2027
Germany
Rose Monday. The peak of the season and the day of the great processions in Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz. Not a statutory holiday anywhere in Germany, but in the Rhineland carnival strongholds schools close and most employers give the day off by custom or works agreement. Carnival is regional: it is strongest in the Rhineland (Cologne, Dusseldorf, Mainz), in Swabian-Alemannic form in the south-west, and as Fasching in Bavaria and Franconia. Much of northern and eastern Germany barely marks it.
Karneval, Fastnacht & Fasching-Kalender