Weird German Wedding Traditions | Germany In A Nutshell

Why do Germans smash plates before the wedding? Why do they often marry twice? And why do the bride and groom saw a tree trunk in half? Euromaxx reporter Hannah Hummel delves into the world of crazy traditions and finds out what is essential for a typical German wedding.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:24 Wedding 101
02:57 Inside Stories: Wedding Attire
03:43 Very Brief History
04:21 Ein bisschen Deutsch
04:56 Deep Dive: Wedding Traditions
06:16 Outro

#Wedding #Germany #weddingtraditions

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CREDITS
Report: Hannah Hummel, Shaheen Welling
Camera & Edit: Neven Hillebrands
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[blondkatze]

I hadn`t brought my wedding dress myself, but rentedit from a second -hand bridal shop, because you normally only wear it once in your life and there fore didn`t need to buy it separately. After the wedding, I had it dry cleaned and returned it clean. I found it very practical. Very many bridal couples in Germany on a marry in a civil ceremony and no longer in a church.🌺🌻

[megumim]

It's not actually the tradition in GErmany, the father of the bride brings the bride to the altar. It's another huge influence from Anlgo American tradition

[viffer]

I have a feeling Hannah would enjoy the Polterabend even if there was no wedding. 😊

[juliaclaire]

Sorry, but there is no common tradition of the father bringing the bride to the altar. The bride and the groom enter the church together while family and friends are waiting inside.

[dianaavram]

I was invited to a JGA party and did not understand if it's a misspelling, or mistake. Later on, I understood it's the Bachelorette Party. Thanks for the informative and fun content 🙂👌

[AdorableSenses_AdoraReal]

I really like the different content and enjoyable videos on this channel❤️ Good job, Hannah!

[pigoff]

Our courthouse was in Schloss Phillipsruhe and it was amazing. We had to wear booties over our shoes to protect the floors. We took our wedding photos on the beautiful grounds.😊

[hariatninovitasari]

It’s out of topic, but I love Hannah’s nail colors 😃

[AlexMUC]

Trauzeuge... there is a difference ..and it's not Maid of Honor/Best Man. The Trauzeuge (one word for both) is in general chosen "in Trust and Love". So, the groom can choose a woman as Trauzeuge and the bride can choose man. Trauzeugen have a job to do ... not only to organize a party. There job is (chosen in Trust and Love) to step in, if things get hard in the marriage, if things are getting to wrong side of the "marriage-road". There job is it to give a hand if things get rocky.

[Familymultikulti]

I wore Dirndl on my wedding day at the Rathaus ❤

[remaguire]

When my wife got married to her first husband, they sawed a log. Probably most impressive, though, was that they got married in a gloriously beautiful chapel in the Residenz in Würzburg. Balthasar Neumann really outdid himself!

I still remember my stepdaughter's wedding. Well, better to say reception which lasted for hours. Something that is not done in the USA. Another thing not done are the games that the bride and groom and wedding guests play and the little skits and entertainment put on by wedding guests. My wife and I were living in Hawaii at the time, so we decided to do a little Hula lesson. I was charged with doing the speaking. Talk about stage fright since I had not spoken German in a couple of years! But it all came back! Overall, lots of fun.

[yiluxu]

Ich habe meine Deutsche Hochzeitsfeier diesen Jahr. Es freut mich, um diese Video zu schauen. 🤩
But as Asian, I would like to say that, throwing rice at the wedding is not a tradition for all Asian countries. 😂

[TheSimmpleTruth]

I have been to two German weddings. One very posh and the other one less posh, but still not cheap. The first was at the court house, followed by a lunch at fancy outdoor restaurant and the celebration in a castle with around 200 guests, dinner and dancing with a live band. Apart from the court, there was none of those traditions featured here. For the second, I did not see them at the court house, just church and then the reception another day in a very large restaurant with music and a DJ plus around 150 guests. Again, I did not see any of these traditions there either. Maybe those traditions are very local or are not longer followed.

[christianebrown]

I thought that throwing rice is now out-of-fashion because the rice is bad for the birds who may eat it, not necessarily because of "food waste".

[marastuff]

In the countryside its also subtradition to give the couple a sh*tty saw so its extra hard to part the log.

[DJoneone]

So one tradition I hadn't seen before that a neighbour did on her Polterabend was to take off her future husband's trousers, set them on fire and throw them into a pit. Her shoes were taken off and nailed to a tree.
We celebrated the party in the village fire station until shortly after midnight.
With everyone from the village.

[cosminvalentinoancea]

In Romania the money is used too as 🎁 at weddings 😂

[thepatriot]

Me watching this knowing well that my chances of getting married are not 0, but rather in the negative lol 💪

[racheldahliamusic]

Wait…so weddings rings are worn on the right hand??? Why didn’t my grandmother do this?? I love this idea….and explains why I’ve never felt right wearing a ring on the left hand!

[lieveguastavino]

It’s almost the same in Belgium. + Mothers bring their son to the altar, fathers their daughter.