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Wedding ring on right hand is a custom of several central European countries, including Germany. My grandmother did as did my father in law, plus some of my friends from the old country.

MUTU wrote:

tflags wrote:

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Right middle finger? It is this one, right?

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Yep.

[PS: why is Effenberg wearing his wedding ring (?) on his right hand?]

OhioFan wrote:Wedding ring on right hand is a custom of several central European countries, including Germany. My grandmother did as did my father in law, plus some of my friends from the old country.

MUTU wrote:

tflags wrote:[quote="MUTU"]

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Right middle finger? It is this one, right?

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Yep.

[PS: why is Effenberg wearing his wedding ring (?) on his right hand?]

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Weird, cause I‘d wear it on the left one as well...

MUTU wrote:

#12 wrote:Weird, cause I‘d wear it on the left one as well...

I tried researching it. Apparently there was a scientific misconception whereby the finger between the middle finger and the small finger on the left hand was connected directly to the heart, that's why it was chosen as the wedding ring finger. However, it is not a universal thing.

Could be that in Germany the use of a different hand depends on the region, on the left for predominant Catholic lands and right hand for Protestant ones. Effenberg is from Hamburg.


The wedding ring is worn on the ring finger of the right hand in some Orthodox and a small number of Catholic European countries, some Protestant Western European, as well as some Central and South American Catholic countries.[4] In Eastern Europe, these include: Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Russia, and Serbia. In Central or Western Europe, these include: Austria, Denmark, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands [if not Catholic], Norway, and (Catholic) Spain. In Central or South America, these include: Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela.

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OhioFan wrote:Wedding ring on right hand is a custom of several central European countries, including Germany. My grandmother did as did my father in law, plus some of my friends from the old country.

Weird, cause I‘d wear it on the left one as well...[/quote]

I think it is just Prussians who wear on the left.

Bayernbazi wrote:

MUTU wrote:

#12 wrote:Weird, cause I‘d wear it on the left one as well...

I tried researching it. Apparently there was a scientific misconception whereby the finger between the middle finger and the small finger on the left hand was connected directly to the heart, that's why it was chosen as the wedding ring finger. However, it is not a universal thing.

Could be that in Germany the use of a different hand depends on the region, on the left for predominant Catholic lands and right hand for Protestant ones. Effenberg is from Hamburg.

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The wedding ring is worn on the ring finger of the right hand in some Orthodox and a small number of Catholic European countries, some Protestant Western European, as well as some Central and South American Catholic countries.[4] In Eastern Europe, these include: Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Russia, and Serbia. In Central or Western Europe, these include: Austria, Denmark, Greece, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands [if not Catholic], Norway, and (Catholic) Spain. In Central or South America, these include: Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela.

The engagement ring is worn on the left hand. The ring switches to the right hand once the couple is married.