My most beautiful declaration of love: people explaining which gestures have touched their hearts. “He is my haven of calm and my source of strength”: Maximilian Böltl has been married to his husband Tom Gierling since 2022.

Sonja Dirl, district farmer from Heimstetten: “I bake heart cookies for my husband Sepp on Valentine’s Day. This has become a tradition. We've been married for 34 years and I've probably been baking cookies for 30 years”