Women's carnival traditionally began with Weiberfastnacht or Old Women's Thursday. In Cologne, the triumvirate of prince, farmer and maiden let loose the jokes.
In Bonn-Beuel, the 200th anniversary of the so-called washerwomen's uprising was celebrated. For the first time this year there was a street festival on the Kölner Ringen to relieve the overcrowded student district around Zülpicher Straße. A prevention campaign is running in Cologne this year under the motto “It's a dress, not a yes!”