Will the Rose Month Procession take place in 2022? What we know
On February 28, 2022 it will be again in Cologne: “D’r Zoch kütt”. The Carnival Monday procession will take place in session 2022. However, special corona rules apply.
Cologne – Rose Monday including the carnival parade gold-plated as the highlight of the Cologne carnival. In the 2022 session “Alles hat sing Zick”, the carnival procession should take place as planned – at least if it is up to the Jecken and the city of Cologne. But there will be no “celebration at any price”. There is already an end to the session carnival in December.
Because the coronavirus will also play an important role in the 2022 session. “As in the previous session, the plans will be adapted to current developments again and again,” the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee recently declared. The current developments for the Rose Monday procession 2022 at a glance.
Carnival in Cologne: Rose Month Procession 2022 – all information at a glance
- Do you want? Monday, February 28, 2022, 10 a.m.
- Where? From Chlodwigplatz to Hohe Straße, via Rudolfplatz, Friesenplatz and Breite Straße, to Heumarkt, to Cologne Central Station, Zeughausstraße to Mohrenstraße
- Which corona rules? The 2G rule is gold-plated for participants and spectators
- Current status? The Rose Monday procession is to take place. The preparations are ongoing
- As of December 14th
Carnival in Cologne: Rose Month Procession 2022 – these corona rules apply
While the Carnival Monday procession last year took place as a mini version, on Carnival Monday 2022 (February 28, 2022), people are supposed to be pulling through the streets again. However, this is only under special corona rules possible. “Cologne established the 2G certificate for train participants some time ago. This also applies to the audience, ”explains the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee. Specifically, this means that participants and spectators must be vaccinated or recovered.
Carnival in Cologne: Rose Month Procession 2022 – decision in January
However, it is not yet entirely clear whether the 2G concept is sufficient. At a press conference with Hendrik Wüst and the carnival representatives, it was announced in mid-December that a decision should be made in January on the extent to which the street carnival including the Rose Monday procession can take place.
Carnival in Cologne: Rose Month Procession 2022 – Preparations are in full swing
Even months before Rose Monday, the preparations at the carnival societies are in full swing. After all, when & die wagons are built and the throwing material is ordered – also from the Prince Guard. “The logistical preparations are currently under way,” it said in December. “We organized and planned months ago and did everything we could have done”. A little corona uncertainty still remains. “But: we can, if we may.”
Cologne Carnival: This is the Rose Monday procession
Countless carnival clubs move through Cologne during the Carnival Monday procession. Also included: cavalry corps, persiflag wagons, festival floats and floats, chapels and marching bands. They all relate to this year’s session motto “Everything has a zick” as well as current and social issues from politics, sport and business.
The train participants from Cologne, Germany and the neighboring countries distribute Kamelle, Bützje and Strüßje. The 2020 Rose Monday procession resulted in a total of 300 tons of sweets, 700,000 chocolate bars, 220,000 boxes of chocolates and 300,000 Strüßjer. The throwing material is taken from the individual train participants themselves.
Cologne: Rose Monday procession 2022 – tickets for the grandstand
This year too, carnival fans have the opportunity to get a seat on the countless grandstands to watch the train from there. In addition to illuminated grandstands, there are also uncovered grandstands and truck grandstands. The grandstands are distributed along the entire route. When the move in 2020 there was a total of 90 grandstands and 80 truck grandstands.
cards The Cologne Carnival Festival Committee is offering the Carnival Monday procession in 2022 from EUR 30.25. Carnival societies such as Treuer Husar, Ehrengarde, Bürgergarde or Rote Funken also offer tickets for their grandstands. Tickets are available from 111 euros. Children can sometimes watch for free. The individual companies offer the tickets online on their websites.
Rose Month Train 2022 in Cologne: Train route
The Rosenmontagszug 2022 runs across Cologne again. The Cologne triumvirate shows itself to its people one last time and is cheered by the carnival fans. The first cars start at 10 a.m. The big highlight comes at the end, when the prince’s car starts together with Prince Sven I and the prince’s guard and the revelers shout “D’r prince kütt” for the first time.
In total, the carnival procession passed the spectators for 3.5 hours. The carnivalists cross the entire inner city of Cologne. The Rose Monday procession in 2020 was around 8.2 kilometers long. The train route had a length of 7.5 kilometers. The Rose Monday procession had a total of 12,000 participants.
The exact train route in 2021:
- From Chlodwigplatz through Severinstor
- Severinstrasse
- Löwengasse
- Weberstrasse
- Follerstrasse
- Mathiasstrasse
- Mühlenbach
- High gate
- high Street
- Schildergasse
- Neumarkt
- Apostelnstrasse
- Mittelstrasse
- Rudolfplatz through the Hahnentorburg
- Hohenzollernring
- Friesenplatz,
- Magnusstrasse
- Zeughausstrasse,
- Castle wall
- Neven-DuMont-Strasse
- Appellhofplatz
- Neven Du Mont Street
- wide street
- Tunisstrasse
- Brueckenstrasse
- Obenmarspforten
- Quatermarkt
- Gürzenichstrasse
- Hay market
- Under the box
- old market
- Bechergasse
- In the court
- Wallrafplatz
- Among fat hens
- Trankgasse
- Station forecourt
- Provost Heretic Street
- Marzellstrasse
- North side roundabout
- To the Dominicans
- Below Sachsenhausen
- Bird beetle
- Zeughausstrasse
- Mohrenstrasse
Düsseldorf postpones the Rose Monday procession
In Düsseldorf it looks different in the 2022 session: Here the Düsseldorf Carneval Committee unceremoniously postponed the Rose Monday procession to May. The hustle and bustle should increase on May 29th. Unimaginable for the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee. You are “surprised and irritated by this decision and clearly reject such a postponement.” (jw) More news on the 24RHEIN homepage. Tip: Get informed every day what is happening in Cologne and North Rhine-Westphalia – just subscribe to our free 24RHEIN newsletter.