Wombach cooks a world record potato dumpling: 465 kg enjoyment!

Wombach cooks a world record potato dumpling: 465 kg enjoyment!

in Wombach, a small charming village in Bavaria, has recently had a very special event: the world's largest potato dumplings was cooked and eaten! With an impressive weight of 464.8 kilograms, this dumpling exceeded the previous record, which was 365 kilograms in Jena in 2010, by almost 100 kilograms. On the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the village, this exciting attempted world record was launched. Organizer Klaus Roth not only wanted to crack the record, but also lure the visitors to the anniversary.

The preparations for this ambitious project were anything but a small undertaking. It was planned for a year and a half. To cook the huge lump, an impressive saucepan with a diameter of 1.60 meters and a height of 2.5 meters was required, which was obtained in Bremen and places 3,000 liters. A suitable cooking station was also built in Wombach itself. In order to test the feasibility, a smaller dumpling of about 0.5 meters in size was prepared in May.

A crowd of around 2,000 people finally gathered to experience the spectacle. The participants not only received the opportunity to admire the impressive dimension of the lump, but also numerous of them also actively helped eat the lump. The tastes were consistently positive, many visitors described the dumplings as tasty as a traditional Sunday dump.

The committing of records seems to enjoy a certain popularity in Germany. According to Reisereporter is not the only village, that with records. In this country there are many fascinating world records that attract tourists, like the closest street in the world in Reutlingen or the crooked tower in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate.

With this extraordinary action, Wombach will certainly be on the radar of world record lovers. Who knows, maybe there is even more surprises in the small village in Lower Franconia for the future!