The anniversaries from paper to heavenly wedding
The « sky wedding » is celebrated on the 100th wedding anniversary. It has not yet done a single couple worldwide. Karam and Kartari Chand from India keep the record. You have crossed the 85th year and were able to celebrate the « angel wedding ». They were married for more than 90 years.
Most of the marriages are divorced between the fourth and eighth year of marriage. After 10 years of marriage, the divorce rates are slowly declining according to the Bavarian State Office for Statistics. But what wedding anniversary is celebrated after ten years? Here you will find an overview of all wedding days and customs to some milestones.
Wedding days: important anniversaries in the graphic
All wedding days at a glance – that is the name of every anniversary
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- 1st anniversary: paper wedding
- 2nd anniversary: cotton wedding
- 3rd anniversary: leather wedding
- 4th anniversary: silk wedding
- 5th anniversary: wooden wedding
- 6th anniversary: sugar wedding
- 7th anniversary: copper wedding
- 8th anniversary: tinny wedding
- 9th anniversary: ceramic wedding
- 10th anniversary: rose wedding
- 11. Anniversary: Steel wedding
- 12th anniversary: nickel wedding
- 12.5. Anniversary: parsley wedding
- 13th anniversary: violet wedding
- 14th anniversary: ivory wedding
- 15th anniversary: crystal wedding
- 16th anniversary: sapphire wedding
- 17th anniversary: orchid wedding
- 18th anniversary: turquoise wedding
- 19th anniversary: mother -of -pearl wedding
- 20th anniversary: porcelain wedding
- 21st anniversary: opal wedding
- 22nd anniversary: bronze wedding
- 23rd anniversary: titanium wedding
- 24th anniversary: satin wedding
- 25th wedding anniversary: silver wedding
- 26th wedding anniversary: Jadehochzeit
- 27th wedding anniversary: mahogany wedding
- 28th wedding anniversary: climbing wedding
- 29th wedding anniversary: velvet wedding
- 30th wedding anniversary: pearl wedding
- 31st wedding anniversary: linden wedding
- 32. wedding anniversary: soap wedding
- 33. Wedding day: Tin wedding
- 33 ⅓. Wedding day: garlic wedding
- 34th wedding anniversary: amber wedding
- 35th wedding anniversary: canvas wedding / linen wedding
- 36. Wedding Day: emerald wedding
- 37th wedding anniversary: Machalit wedding
- 37 ½. Wedding day: aluminum wedding
- 38. Wedding Day: Fire wedding
- 39. Wedding Day: Solar wedding
- 40th wedding anniversary: ruby wedding
- 41. wedding anniversary: birch wedding
- 42. Wedding Day: Granath hole time
- 43. Wedding Day: Lead wedding
- 44. Wedding day: star wedding
- 45. Wedding Day: brass wedding
- 46. Wedding Day: Lavender wedding
- 47. wedding anniversary: cashmere wedding
- 48. Wedding Day: Diaemem Hochzeit
- 49. Wedding Day: Zederne Wedding
- 50th wedding anniversary: golden wedding
- 51. Wedding day: willow wedding
- 52. Wedding Day: TopAch wedding
- 53. Wedding Day: Uran wedding
- 54. Wedding day: Zeus wedding
- 55th wedding anniversary: platinum wedding
- 60th wedding anniversary: diamond wedding
- 61. Wedding Day: Ulmen wedding
- 62. Wedding Day: Aquamarin wedding
- 63. Wedding day: mercury wedding
- 65. Wedding Day: Iron Wedding
- 66. Wedding Day: Chief Lump wedding
- 67 ½. Wedding day: stone wedding
- 70th wedding anniversary: mercy wedding
- 72 ½. Wedding day: Jewel wedding
- 75th wedding anniversary: crown jewel wedding
- 80th wedding anniversary: oak wedding
- 85th wedding anniversary: angel wedding
- 100. Wedding day: Heavenly wedding
Wedding days: Which anniversary is celebrated big?
The average age of marriage has risen steadily since 1991, with a few exceptions. In 2021 the average age of women was According to Statista At 32.2 years, men were 34.8 years old. Even a silver wedding at the 25th wedding anniversary is a large milestone that not many achieve. Here are the meaning interpretations and customs at a glance:
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- 1st wedding anniversary: For the « paper wedding », marriage is still a blank leaf. For the 1st wedding anniversary, the upper floor of the wedding cake is eaten as a custom. Of course, this only works if the cake was frozen at the wedding. If not, many couples simply enjoy togetherness or look at wedding videos and photos.
- 5th wedding anniversary: The first few years have been achieved for the « wooden wedding ». According to the customs, marriage has grown and constant after five years, but still formable – similar to wood. For the celebration, it is common to use a lot of decoration with wood or to hand over the pair of wood gifts.
- 10th wedding anniversary: The first decade is celebrated with the « rose wedding ». Like the rose, a relationship has usually also experienced bad times that are to be represented by the thorns. The flower is primarily intended to celebrate the beautiful memories. Therefore, the man should give the customs ten roses after the rose wedding.
- 15th wedding anniversary: The « crystal wedding » is celebrated after 15 years. There are various meaning interpretations for the crystal wedding. On the one hand, 15 years of before are a good foundation, the relationship is stable – similar to glass. On the other hand, it can also break if handled. As a custom, the pair of bottles can set up in the garden or hang garlands out of bottles. At a celebration, many glass elements are often used as a decoration.
- 20th wedding anniversary: The « porcelain wedding » is celebrated after two decades. At the porcelain wedding it is common to smash dishes – but only if it has been sorted out beforehand. This should break the worries of the couple.
- 25th wedding anniversary: The « silver wedding » is celebrated after 25 years of marriage. The customs vary: In the north, the entrance door to the apartment or the couple’s house is decorated with fir branches and silver decoration – mostly as a surprise. A wedding crown is also set up. In the south, silver -colored objects are thrown out of the window.
- 30th wedding anniversary: The « pearl wedding » is celebrated after 30 years. Pearls are often used as a decoration at a celebration. They are considered precious and should symbolize how rare and precious a 30-year marriage is. As a custom, couples throw pearls into the water so that the marriage lasts for another 30 years. Pearl chains are also given away.
- 40th wedding anniversary: At the « Rubin wedding », couples can choose a red decoration to celebrate the 40-year marriage-in the sense of the precious gem, which is also often given away as a jewelry for the anniversary.
- 50th wedding anniversary: The marriage to the « golden wedding » has already held half a century. A gold wreath is often hung on the door as a custom. From the 50th wedding anniversary, couples in Bavaria will even receive an honor from the Prime Minister.
- 60th wedding anniversary: The « diamond wedding » is celebrated after 60 years. Here, too, there is an honor from the Prime Minister. For the special date, the woman’s man gives a diamond as a custom.
- 65. Wedding day: The « iron wedding » is celebrated after 65 years of marriage. Hamburg delivers publicly accessible data: a total of 635 couples achieved the milestone.
- 70th wedding anniversary: No certain color is associated with the « Mercy Wedding » after 70 years. There are also no special customs. The most famous couple who made it until the wedding of grace were Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. They celebrated very private.
- 75th wedding anniversary: Before the « Crown Jewish wedding » after 75 years, a « half anniversary » is celebrated – the « Jewel wedding » after 72.5 years. Data is only available from Hamburg again – which by the way, fittingly exactly on Valentine’s Day 2022 were released: 13 couples celebrated crown jewel wedding. The 75th wedding anniversary is celebrated extremely rarely, which is why it can also be read in the newspaper. An example: Lieselotte and Ludwig Holz from Utting am Ammersee were able to celebrate.
The oak, angel and heavenly wedding follow after the crown jewel wedding. The sky wedding has never been officially registered, the other two rarely occur.
