Saxony-Anhalt: Number of divorced marriages increased slightly in 2021

Halle (dpa/sa) - In Saxony-Anhalt, 3458 marriages were divorced last year. That is 69 more divorces than in 2020, as the State Statistical Office announced on Friday. About 55 percent of the wives had filed for divorce. At the time of the divorce, 571 of the couples had already reached 25 years of marriage. The average length of marriage before divorce was 14.3 years.