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Fifth season: First assessment: Carnival start in Cologne mostly peaceful

In the carnival strongholds of Cologne and Düsseldorf, the Jecken have heralded the fifth season.

Original: Fünfte Jahreszeit: Erste Bilanz: Karnevalsstart in Köln überwiegend friedlich

Society Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz 18 independent outlets · 69 articles translated from German
Karnevalsbeginn: „Morje es, wat do drus mähs“
Photo: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

What happened

The weather was better for the carnival start on 11.11.

What outlets write

  1. Bild 11 November, 14:57
    «Carnival, carnival or fasting: The Jecken are back on their feet»
  2. Niederlausitz aktuell 11 November, 12:59
    «Gunshot, confetti, cascade: In many places of Lusatia carnivalists and their associations stormed the town halls on time at 11:11 a.m»
  3. t-online 11 November, 13:28
    «While Cologne is celebrating the start of the new carnival session on 11 November, TV celebrity Robert Geiss will speak»

Who reports

18 independent outlets · 69 articles

public Deutschlandfunk NDR Info (Norddeutscher Rundfunk)
commercial Die Zeit / Zeit Online t-online Bild Bocholter-Borkener Volksblatt Kieler Nachrichten Leipziger Volkszeitung Lübecker Nachrichten Märkische Allgemeine (MAZ) Thüringer Allgemeine Westfalenpost Trierischer Volksfreund stern Westdeutsche Zeitung Niederlausitz aktuell