Since 01/01/2010 a law on registered partnerships (Eingetragene Partnerschaft-Gesetz – EPG) has offered the possibility for same-sex couples to establish a registered partnership with mutual rights and duties. The law was restricted to same-sex couples. Since 1 January 2019, registered partnerships are also recognized for mixed-sex couples.
Since that date it has been possible, as well, to dissolve same-sex and mixed-sex coupled registered partnerships by court.
15.02.2022 | More marriages (+1.3%) and fewer divorces (-4.8%) in 2021 than in the previous year | ![]() |
27.05.2021 | Fewer marriages and divorces in 2020 | ![]() |
18.02.2021 | 39 478 marriages in 2020, 611 by same-sex couples | ![]() |