As a hit dream couple, you are often in the public eye – an experience that Stefanie Hertel had to have in her marriage to Stefan Mross. Until Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen came.

Chiemgau – Stefanie Hertel (44) learned early in her career that fame can be a double-edged sword: the folk musician appeared on stage for the first time when she was just four years old, and became a child star in the GDR. Her future husband Stefan Mross (48), with whom she was in a relationship from 1994 to 2011 and married from 2006 to 2012, also made a name for himself in the pop world as a teenager. There was correspondingly great public interest in the relationship between the two.

Stefanie Hertel on marriage to Stefan Mross: replaced by Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen

From the mid-1990s, Stefanie Hertel and Stefan Mross appeared regularly together on TV shows or on tours, where, thanks to romantic duet interludes, there was no doubt regarding their love for each other – one of the first hit dream couples was born. This quickly caused all sorts of speculative headlines. As a result, the two of them were no longer granted much privacy.

Long hair, flashy outfits, wild looks: the pictures of the big pop stars then and now

View photo series

From 2008 onwards, Helene Fischer (39) and Florian Silbereisen (42) also experienced first-hand that such a relationship brings with it a lot of media hype: After their love for each other became known, the press pounced on the new Schlager dream couple – that was entirely up to Stefanie Hertel located, as they are at schlager.de reveals: “We had this before and I am very happy that Helene and Florian took it from us. There always has to be something written and there always have to be some headlines. That’s kind of part of the job.”

Stefan Mross was with these women

Stefanie Hertel: from 1994 to 2011, married from 2006 to 2012
Susanne Schmidt: married from 2013 to 2016
Anna-Carina Woitschack: in a relationship from 2016 to 2022, married from 2020 to the present
Eva Luginger: dating since 2023

Not to be compared with Florian Silbereisen: media hype surrounding Stefanie Hertel’s marriage has diminished

In the meantime, Stefanie Hertel has long since found happiness at the side of another man: Since 2011, she has been with the Austrian rock musician Leopold “Lanny” Lanner (49), whom she married in April 2014. In any case, Stefan Mross’s ex-wife and her partner are immune from the ongoing, wild speculation in the press, such as that experienced by Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen even following their separation in 2018.

Stefanie Hertel and Stefan Mross were in the public eye for a long time as the hit dream couple, but from August 2008 onwards they were replaced, so to speak, by Helene Fischer and Florian Silbereisen. © STAR-MEDIA/Christian Schroedter/IMAGO

And yet: her love for Lanny is also discussed here and there in the tabloids. The 44-year-old now sees it quite easily: “The funniest thing is actually when in a week it says in the newspaper that we have separated and then there is a magazine next door congratulating me on my new wedding.” I’m getting married on Sunday mornings in the spring months are not the first, but they are even more celebrated – but now “Always once more on Sundays” has to start late. Sources used: schlager.de, stefaniehertel.de