The largest parade of Segways featured 119 participants and was achieved by Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), in Potsdam, Germany, on 28 July 2011. There were originally 120 participants but one dropped out, the route taken covered 3,577 m (11,735 ft 6.49 in) through the Lustgarten in Potsdam, Germany.

The largest pet store is the Zoo Zajac owned and managed by Norbert Zajac (Germany), situated in Duisburg, Germany. The store covers an area of 8,070.26 m² (86,867.21 ft²) as of September 2005

The largest pretzel weighed 382 kg (842 lbs), measured 8.20 m (26 ft 10 in) in length, and 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in) in width and was made by Olaf Kluy and Manfred Keilwerth of Müller-Brot GmbH (both Germany) in Neufahrn, Germany, on 21 September 2008. Neufahrn is near Munich. The pretzel was made from 536.985 kg raw dough, which was made in four portions.wheat flour (WM 550 Brot), rye flour (RM 997), Ice (Eis), baking agent (Multi. F. MBF), salt (Salz), baker’s yeast Continue reading →

The largest postcard measures 48.75 m² (524.74 ft²) and was achieved by the Deutsche Post and Toyota Car in Berlin, Germany, on 10 August 2009 Width: 8.29 m Heigth: 5.88 m Area: 48.75 m² The card was made from crinkled cardboard with an even surfaces where the motifs has been printed on. The frontside contained a foto mosaic, on the back deliviery address and a stamp were placed. I measured the card and inspected the material before it was mounted into a steel display and Continue reading →

The largest aeroplane propeller ever to fly was the 6.9 m (22 ft 6 in) diameter Garuda propeller, fitted to the Linke-Hofmann R II which flew in 1919 and was built in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). It was driven by four 195 kW (260-hp) Mercedes engines and turned at only 545 rpm. Today, typical single-engine aircraft have propellers of roughly 2 m (6.56 ft) diameter, and turn at approximately 2,500 rpm.

The largest rap was achieved by 7,519 audience participants led by rapper Doppel-U (Christian Weirich) at a concert organised by Megarock Radio (Germany) in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, on 23 June 2010. Clickers and log books were used for counting. Participants rapped the words to Schiller’s “Ode to Joy.”

The largest rideable bicycle has a wheel diameter of 3.3 m (10 ft 9.92 in) and was built by Didi Senft (Germany) and measured at Pudagla, Germany, on 2 October 2012. The bicycle measures 7.8 m (25 ft 7.09 in) long, 3.7 m (12 ft 1.67 in) high and weighs 150 kg (330.69 lb).

The largest schnitzel weighed 550 kg (1212.54 lbs) and was prepared by Martin Liebscher (Germany) in Rosbach von der Höhe, Germany, 19 May 2011. The schnitzel ripped into smaller peices and was originally 890 kg (1962.11 lbs) heavy. The record weight, 550 kg (1212.54 lbs) is the weight of the lartest single part.

The world’s largest sauna is the “Koi-Sauna” measuring 166.10 m² (1,787.88 ft²), located at the Badewelt Sinsheim GmbH in Sinsheim, Germany, and was opened in December 2012. It took a year to build the huge bath where the sauna is located. On a total area of 3,000 m² (32,291.6 ft²) there are several themed saunas, swimming pools and 400 real palm plants. As the last attraction the basin for the koi carps was completed on 23 April 2013. Up to 150 people can use the Continue reading →

The largest serving of currywurst weighed 175.2 kg (386.25 lb) and was made by MKN Maschinenfabrik Kurt Neubauer GmbH & Co. (Germany) in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, on 30 April 2010. The currywurst was 320 m (1,049 ft 10 in) long and was cooked in a 7 m x 1.5 m (22 ft 12 in x 4 ft 11 in) custom built grill. After frying it was surved to the public with 95 kg (209.44 lbs) of tomato sauce and 1 kg (2.2 lbs) of curry powder.