Leaning Tower of Pisa – Out from Guinness book !
A 15th century church steeple in Germany has snatched the accolade of the most tilted tower in the world from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed on Thursday.
The 27-metre-high (86-feet-high) steeple in the northern village of Suurhusen tilts at an angle of 5.19 degrees compared to just 3.97 degrees for the Pisa tower.
In a ceremony to mark Guinness World Records Day on Thursday, the book’s editors handed over a certificate to mark the accomplishment to church officials.
“We have always known it, but now it’s official,” said the pastor of the church, Frank Wessels.
According to local historian Tjabbo van Lessen, the church was built in marshy land in 1450 on foundations of oak tree trunks which were preserved by the water in the ground.
 
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