Due to the inclination of 5.4277 degrees, the record goes to the municipality of Gau-Weinheim in the Alzey-Worms district. To confirm the record, the certificate was presented by the German Record Institute (RID) on Sunday at the “Day of the Open Monument”.
Pisa: Only 3.97 degrees of inclination
According to RID, a measurement in July had already confirmed the inclination of the tower next to a church. The 600-inhabitant community thus replaces the East Frisian town of Suurhusen in the federal state of Lower Saxony. There is a tower with an inclination of 5.19 degrees. According to the record institute, the tower in Pisa only has an inclination of 3.97 degrees after renovation.
“The officially most leaning tower in the world has not been the one in Pisa for a number of years, even if popular opinion still says otherwise,” explained RID record judge Olaf Kuchenbecker. Already in 2007, Pisa was replaced by the tower in Suurhusen. “I am very pleased to personally certify the world record today and to award the local community with an RID record certificate.” The congregation in Suurhusen takes the loss of the title with a bit of melancholy, but also calmly. “It’s a fair competition and only one can win, that’s the way it is,” said the parish’s pastor, Frank Wessels.
Source: Nachrichten
