Wedding room

Wedding room (manor house Herbede )

Wedding room in the Romanesque stone house in Seligenstadt

The ceremonial hall or maid of local (depending on the type as maid room or wedding hall referred to) is a space in which civil ceremonies be performed. Such rooms can be found in the office building of the registry office . In addition, there is the possibility that the registry office determines locations outside the service building where the marriage is possible. Often there are rooms in historical or culturally significant buildings such as castles or palaces or places with an exclusive ambience .

construction

The wedding room often contains a large table at which the bride and groom and the registrar sit opposite each other. Usually there is also space for the groomsmen at the table . The guests usually sit a little apart behind the bride and groom.

Legal

Germany

Wedding room in an English country house

Beach wedding in the historic bathing cart ( Norderney )

The place of the wedding is not expressly defined in Germany, although restrictions result from other regulations. The German Civil Code (BGB) only defines in § 1310: Marriage is only concluded when the couple declare in front of the registrar that they want to marry each other. The Civil Status Ordinance - PStV only defines in § 1 that the office of the registry office represents the official seat of the civil registrar, which means that there are corresponding wedding rooms in registry offices, which on the other hand does not exclude other locations.

However, locations outside the office building must continue to be within the jurisdiction of the respective registry office district, as the registrar may only conduct legally binding marriages within these limits. In addition, Section 14 (2) of the Personal Status Act (PStG) stipulates: The marriage should be carried out in a dignified form that corresponds to the significance of the marriage and enables the registrar to properly perform his official act. According to the reasons for the law, the respective decision of the registry office has to be based on the "sense of decency and the general public". In addition, the place of marriage is to be chosen in such a way that it is basically open to all couples due to the principle of equality . Therefore, in general, only privately used properties are excluded from the wedding ceremony.

Austria

In addition to a wedding at the registry office, there is also the option of choosing other wedding locations in Austria. The location must be appropriate and appropriate to the meaning of marriage. The responsible or chosen registry office determines whether a wedding can take place at a different location .

Switzerland

According to the Civil Status Ordinance (ZStV), Article 1a, each civil status district is designated at least one office space that is available free of charge for the implementation of marriages and the establishment of registered partnerships . The use of other premises for the implementation of weddings and the establishment of registered partnerships is subject to the approval of the supervisory authority [...]. It is still not allowed in Switzerland to hold civil marriage ceremonies outdoors.

Belgium

In Belgium there is a restriction that each municipality outside the registry office may only use one different official wedding hall for holding civil weddings.

Wedding ceremony on the high seas

Contrary to popular belief, a captain does not automatically have the same skills as a registrar. That also depends, for example, on the flag under which the ship is sailing. Under the flag of Malta , Bermuda and the Bahamas , captains may marry couples if they are on the high seas , i.e. at least 12 nautical miles from the coast. In ports , on the other hand, the respective state law applies, and captains have no permission to march there. It must also be noted that further steps may be necessary for the marriage to be valid in Germany.

Special wedding locations

Wedding room in the former Binz rescue station

In the crystal grotto in the Merkers Adventure Mine , bridal couples can leave a love lock after the wedding .

Civil weddings in historical or culturally significant buildings are offered by a large number of registry offices. Examples of extraordinary locations for weddings are:

• in various palaces and castles in Germany
• in botanical gardens ( Frankfurt , Munich , Berlin or Tharandt )
• on mountain peaks (e.g. Zugspitze , Großer Arber , Feldberg ) or in the cable car ( Bad Harzburg )
• on a lighthouse ( Krummhörn , Pellworm , Wangerooge , Cape Arkona on Rügen )
• on an island ( fortress Wilhelmstein in the Steinhuder Meer )
• on ships (e.g. sailing training ship Grand Duchess Elisabeth , lightship Amrumbank , various excursion ships and fishing cutters)
• in a windmill ( Mühle Hinte , Kröpeliner Mühle )
• in the zoo ( Hannover Adventure Zoo , Cologne Zoo )
• in a cave, grotto (Elbingerode, Mayen , Lichte ) or underground ( Merkers adventure mine in the Wartburg district )
• in a park
• on the beach (e.g. Binz ), on a pier (e.g. Heiligenhafen pier ) or in the Wadden Sea (e.g. Norderney , Pellworm )
• in a zeppelin ( Friedrichshafen ) or a hot air balloon ( Lahntal )
• in the railway car ( mail car of the historic Kandertal Railway , saloon car of a museum railway Bruchhausen-Vilsen )
• under water in the diving center of monte mare in Rheinbach
• in sports stadiums, e.g. B. the Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne
• in the planetarium, e.g. B. the Zeiss Planetarium in Bochum
• in former company buildings of collieries z. B. Zeche Zollverein in Essen, Zeche Zollern in Dortmund, Zeche Holland in Bochum

Oddities

The first wedding room in Germany outside a registry office was set up in 1987 on the Sababurg .

The smallest wedding room in Germany is located in Triberg in the Black Forest . The room, furnished in the original Black Forest Biedermeier style, has a size of only 1.5 square meters and offers space for two chairs and a high table.

Web links

Commons : Wedding rooms  - Collection of images

Wiktionary: Wedding room  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Alexandra Maschwitz: The form of marriage: marriage in the center of the interests of state and religion - a comparative legal study of the obligatory and optional civil marriage using the example of Germany and Sweden . In: Bonn University Press (Hrsg.): Bonner jurisprudential treatises NF volume 12 . V&R unipress GmbH, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-8471-0188-8 , p. 94–96 ( google.de [accessed on March 6, 2021]).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sonja Schulz: Don't feel like having ^a wedding in church or registry office? How about an unforgettable & dreamlike wedding in the open air! Retrieved March 6, 2021 . 
3. ↑ Civil marriage (SDG). Federal Ministry for Digitization and Business Location, accessed on March 7, 2021 . 
4. ↑ SR 211.112.2 Civil Status Ordinance. Swiss Federal Council, January 1, 2020, accessed on March 14, 2021 . 
5. ↑ Leuggern Online: Services. Retrieved March 14, 2021 . 
6. ↑ HDB: Trouwzaal of kasteel ?: “Laat koppels locatie voor burgerlijk huwelijk zelf kiezen”. Het Belang van Limburg, October 16, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2021 (Flemish). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Getting married abroad & in the open air: Is marriage valid in Germany? Retrieved March 6, 2021 . 
8. ↑ Unique worldwide: Wedding in the crystal grotto of the Merkers Adventure Mine , Bad Salzungen registry office, accessed on March 14, 2021
9. ↑ Registry office Heiligenhafen , accessed on March 19, 2021
10. ↑ The most beautiful wedding location for your civil wedding. January 1, 2016, accessed March 6, 2021 . 
11. ^ ^{A b} Hessen Tourismus: Planetarium, special train or vineyard of marriage. Retrieved March 14, 2021 . 
12. ↑ Wedding with a difference - Badische Zeitung April 27, 2019 | Kandertal Railway. Retrieved on March 14, 2021 (German). 
13. ↑ Salon car of the museum railway - Weddings - Tourism and leisure - Tourism | Climatic health resort - Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Retrieved March 14, 2021 . 
14. ↑ Zweckverband civitec: registry office. January 16, 2020, accessed March 14, 2021 . 
15. ^ Gregor Dederichs: Events not related to football: Wedding in the RheinEnergie Stadium. November 13, 2013, accessed April 8, 2021 (German). 
16. ^ City of Bochum: Wedding room Zeiss planetarium - starry sky | City of Bochum. Retrieved April 8, 2021 . 
17. ↑ maid area Zollverein coal mine. Retrieved April 8, 2021 . 
18. ^ Zeche Zollern II / IV - Ambient weddings - Registry office - Citizen services - Town hall & citizen service - Stadtportal dortmund.de. Retrieved April 8, 2021 . 
19. ^ City of Bochum: Wedding room in the old Wattenscheid wage hall (Colliery Holland) | City of Bochum. Retrieved April 8, 2021 . 
20. ^ Badische Zeitung: Germany's smallest wedding room is located in Triberg - Südwest - Badische Zeitung. Retrieved March 14, 2021 . 
21. ^ Triberg: The smallest registry office in Germany. Schwarzwälder Bote, December 9, 2013, accessed on March 14, 2021 .