What is "rosenmontag"

Rosenmontag is the highlight of the German "Karneval" ( carnival), and is on the Shrove Monday before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. " Mardi Gras," though celebrated on Tuesday, is a similar event. Rosenmontag is celebrated in German-speaking countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Belgium (Eupen), but most heavily in the "Hochburgen" (carnival strongholds), which include the Rhineland, especially in Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Aachen and Mainz. In contrast to Germany, in Austria, the highlight of the carneval is not Rosenmontag, but Faschingsdienstag ( Shrove Tuesday).

Rosenmontag (English: Love's Carnival) is a 1924 German silent romance film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Gerd Briese, Helga Thomas and Maria Reisenhofer. It was based on a 1900 play of the same title by Otto Erich Hartleben.