{"id":11835,"date":"2020-06-17T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11835"},"modified":"2020-06-17T17:06:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T17:06:29","slug":"the-worlds-narrowest-street-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-worlds-narrowest-street-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Narrowest Street &#8211; In Germany!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guten Tag! Have you ever wondered whether Germany holds any records for anything? Well, here\u2019s one \u2013 Germany is home to the narrowest street in the world!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11839\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11839\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11839\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/1280px-Engste_Stra\u00dfe_der_Welt1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/1280px-Engste_Stra\u00dfe_der_Welt1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/1280px-Engste_Stra\u00dfe_der_Welt1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/1280px-Engste_Stra\u00dfe_der_Welt1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/1280px-Engste_Stra\u00dfe_der_Welt1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By kathrin_gaisser &#8211; originally posted to Flickr as engste Stra\u00dfe der Welt, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=9405105<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Guinness World Records, the world\u2019s narrowest street is located in <strong>Reutlingen,<\/strong> Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. It is called <strong>Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe<\/strong>, and here are its measurements:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>die Breite (width):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>at its narrowest: <strong>einunddrei\u00dfig Zentimeter<\/strong> (31 cm)<\/p>\n<p>at its widest: <strong>f\u00fcnfzig Zentimeter<\/strong> (50 cm)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>die L\u00e4nge (length):<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3,8 Meter lang<\/strong><br \/>\n3.8m long<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe<\/strong> is located between two <strong>H\u00e4user<\/strong> (houses). It was reconstructed in 1727 after a fire destroyed the city in 1726. There is nothing to see in Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe except the <strong>W\u00e4nde<\/strong> (walls) of the two houses it lies between. The street signs at either end of Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe read, in both German and English:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Engste Stra\u00dfe der Welt* \u2013 Narrowest street in the world\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Narrowest Streets in the World - Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONgLeTsx_kY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Opinion on Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe is mixed, with some saying it\u2019s barely a street and should be called an alley, instead:<\/p>\n<p><strong>die Stra\u00dfe<\/strong> \u2013 street<br \/>\n<strong>die Gasse<\/strong> \u2013 alley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe<\/strong> has even been in danger of losing its world record title due to a leaning wall from one of the houses restricting movement as you walk down it. If the street becomes too<strong> eng<\/strong> (narrow) to walk down, it can no longer be called<em> die Engste Stra\u00dfe der Welt.<\/em> However, as far as I can tell &#8211; correct me if I am wrong! &#8211; it has not lost its title yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe<\/strong> is an important tourist attraction for Reutlingen, with tourists from all over the world visiting to walk down the street and take photos next to the street sign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11837\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11837\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11837\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-350x263.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reviews on Tripadvisor are greatly mixed, with some saying, <strong>\u2018muss man einfach sehen!\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018absolutely a must-see!\u2019), and others calling the street <strong>\u2018eine Zeitverschwendung\u2019<\/strong> (\u2018a waste of time\u2019).<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s your opinion? Do these kinds of tourist attractions interest you when you travel? And if you went to Reutlingen, would you seek out <em>die Engste Stra\u00dfe der Welt<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed this post, <a title=\"The German Memorial In Viscardigasse\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-german-memorial-in-viscardigasse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you might like this one about Viscardigasse, Munich!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Bis bald (see you soon)!<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Constanze<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>*Note: The word &#8216;engste&#8217; is capitalised on the street sign because &#8216;Engste Stra\u00dfe der Welt&#8217; is a name\/title. In a regular sentence, the word &#8216;engste&#8217; (&#8216;narrowest&#8217;) would not be capitalised.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-350x263.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-350x263.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/image-3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Guten Tag! Have you ever wondered whether Germany holds any records for anything? Well, here\u2019s one \u2013 Germany is home to the narrowest street in the world! According to Guinness World Records, the world\u2019s narrowest street is located in Reutlingen, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany. It is called Spreuerhofstra\u00dfe, and here are its measurements: die Breite (width): at&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-worlds-narrowest-street-in-germany\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":11837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[358425,95131,2201,376023,253738,159,376027,533775],"class_list":["post-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-holidays","tag-geography-2","tag-german-language","tag-holiday","tag-language","tag-places","tag-tourism","tag-travel","tag-world-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11835"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11852,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions\/11852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}