Strange Styrian World Records: From Cherry Pit Spitting to Tennis Marathons

On the first Saturday in July, the “Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm” – until it was closed – in the US state of Michigan celebrated “International Cherry Pit Spitting” Day, i.e. the day of cherry stone spitting. The Swiss Thomas Steinhauer holds the current world record in cherry stone spitting (the competition is held annually in Düren, Germany at the Annakirmes). He managed to spit a core 22.5 meters unaided in 2017. Do you find that strange? Well, then we have a few strange Styrian world records for you here.

STYRIA. Rich in greenery, rich in lakes, rich in dialects, rich in everything: Styria is unique and has special features in so many different areas. This also applies when it comes to world records.

The longest Brettljaus’n

If this world record does not come from the hands of the Styrians, who else should have set it? The record for the longest Brettljause was set on November 11, 2019 in Vienna at the Steirerball. This delicacy was a whopping 250 meters long, for which 1,100 genuine Styrian snacks with cheese, smoked meat, ham and co. and the best farmhouse bread were prepared. The freshly grated horseradish was added as a “sweet”. 44 kilos of pork belly and farmer’s ham have been used. In addition, 200 bottles of Styrian Schilcher flowed to toast the record.

The Living Torch

Passailer stuntman Josef “Joe” Tödtling is passionate about his job, in the truest sense of the word. In front of the eyes of 1,500 spectators, in 2015 he surpassed the record of 162.27 meters in the “longest run in a full-body burn” by 34.3 meters. That makes 196 meters in full fire. Not only a Styrian got the record, Tödtling also brought it home, because the spectacle took place on the main square of Passails. The heat seemed to bother him less than the enormous weight of the protective suit. Because he likes to ignite, he set two more hot world records in the same year: “longest distance pulled by a vehicle in full fire” and “longest distance pulled by a horse in full fire”.

An icy man for the record

Fun on the slopes is of course part of the Riesneralm ski area. The fun in the snow apart from that as well. There is no other way to explain why Gerhard Peer and his team came up with the idea of setting a world record for the largest snowman in the world in 2020. No sooner said than done and done: Exactly 38.04 meters made it into the Guinness World Records. At the same time, it was not at all certain that the giant would hold up until the official measurement. Storm gusts of over 100 km/h hit him, blowing away the six meter high hat and the 40 meter long scarf.

Really strong performance in Graz

Extreme athlete Franz Müllner showed nerves of steel this year. Although he was born in Salzburg, there are probably reasons why his record was set in Styria. He can already call 50 official world records his own – “The Austrian Rock”, who is accompanied by his Deutschlandsberger supervisor Markus Schimpl, wants even more and achieve seven new world records on seven continents. non-stop. The kick-off was in March in Graz. Here, Müllner pulled a locomotive weighing around 80 tons.

Tennis on a loop

Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev – who? The true record holders in tennis are Styrians. Yes, you read that right. Friedrich Nowak and Karl Straßberger from Langenwang set a new Guinness World Record in August 2022 with 80 hours and 48 minutes of marathon tennis. Incidentally, the match ended for the cousins, friends and business partners with a 79:79 – a tie in sets. Only three times was there a longer break of 50 minutes each, otherwise it was just played through.