Weddings in the district: Change numbers - where love is blooming!

Weddings in the district: Change numbers - where love is blooming!

In the district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, the marriages show a mixed picture in 2024. While some registry offices recorded an increase, there were declines in others. The demand for weddings in the summer months is traditionally high, while appointments with schnapps figures played a lower role this year. According to hna gift 142 couples, which is an easy increase compared to that Represents previous years.

August turned out to be the most popular month in Bad Hersfeld, where 26 weddings took place. Interestingly, more weddings were recorded in March than in the traditionally popular months of May and June. On Saturdays, the civil marriages were particularly in demand. In the registry office Bebra, the number of weddings was 40 at a stable level compared to the previous year, but below the level of time before pandemic.

regional differences and same -sex marriages

The Rotenburg registry office experienced a positive development with 52 marriages, six more than in the previous year, while August was the most popular month with nine marriages. In Neuenstein, on the other hand, only 20 weddings were registered, which means six compared to the previous year. There were 20 marriages in Heringen, which corresponds to a slight increase compared to previous years. Cornberg recorded a small increase with nine weddings, but continues to move under the numbers of before the pandemic and also experienced a same -sex wedding in 2024.

As the Federal Statistical Office shows in a current publication, the average first marriage age in Germany is 35.3 years for men and 32.8 years for women. Men therefore marry an average of two and a half years later than women. This tendency can also be seen in the general figures on marriages that provide the basis for future developments.

The current situation of marriages in Germany

according to Statista in 2022 married a total of 390,700 couples, of which 380,700 were classic marriages between men and women. The increase of around 33,000 marriages (9 %) compared to the previous year is considered to be part of normalization according to corona -related restrictions.

Of the total registered marriages, there were 4,700 male couples and 5,400 female couples. This reflects an increase of 15 % with same -sex marriages. The introduction of the "Marriage for All" in October 2017 contributed significantly to this development, since they enable same -sex couples to get married.