On 12 September 2011, a lifelong dream of mine became true: an official world record for the Guinness book. 5969 standard disc cases toppled in one chain raction and broke the existing record of 5000, set up in Holland in the year 2008. Originally, I planned to set up 6010 disc cases, but some of them broke during the transportation and in the end, I "only" set up 5969.

Money for charity

I, an 18-year-old student, don't really know what to do with 5969 empty disc cases. That's why I want to sell them again after the event. Afterwards, I want to donate the money I earned to "Ärzte ohne Grenzen", an international charity organisation that is worth supporting.

Buy disc cases

You are a little bit too late for that. The very last disc cases have already been sold. All in all, I was able to raise 763,00 EUR for charity and I'm really proud of it. Thank you to all the people who were willing to pay a little bit more money than demanded for "Ärzte ohne Grenzen".

Video

Video: Trailer of the world record
Video: Show (everything before the falldown)

Press

Here are some reports and articles that appeared about my world record. Some of them were only online for some days and have been deleted again.

• 21.08.2011 Homepage of Joseph-Stiftung, main sponsor
• 22.08.2011 Zwei Berichte bei Radio Galaxy, modern radio station for Bamberg and Coburg
• 09.09.2011 Article in "Fränkischer Tag", local newspaper for Franconia.
• 12.09.2011 TV report on BR, Bayerischer Rundfunk (offline)
• 12.09.2011 Another TV report on BR, Bayerischer Rundfunk, longer (offline)
• 13.09.2011 Article in "Fränkischer Tag", local newspaper for Franconia.
• 14.09.2011 Homepage of Joseph-Stiftung, main sponsor

There also were some more radio reports, but due to copyright regulations, I'm not allowed to post them here.

Masterplan

Of course I had to invent a plan that says where every disc cases has to stand which was quite a lot of work. Now, I can show you this plan here so that you are able to see what I did during my time in the sports hall :-):



Originally, I also wanted to build a wall, but some tests showed that a toppling disc cases wall damages the disc cases too much. As I want to sell them again, broken disc cases are inacceptable. That's why I didn't build a wall which was better for the disc cases and for my nerves :-).

Sponsors

I really would like to say thank you to all the people that supported me with my world record attempt. Without you, the whole project wouldn't have been possible! In this list, you will only find the supporters who agreed to be mentioned on this page.

Thank you to:

• ... my main sponsor: Joseph Stiftung Bamberg
• ... Hans Reuther from Bamberg
• ... Undersecretary of state Melanie Huml
• ... tax advisers office Kann & Partner
• ... brewery Griees in Geisfeld
• ... car dealership Heil in Kirchaich
• ... market garden Neubauer aus Bamberg
• ... viele mehr

Location

The disc case world record attempt will take place at Dientzenhofer-Gymnasium Bamberg, the grammar school I have attended for 8 years. On 01/07/2011, I graduated there and got my Abitur-certificate. Adress: Feldkirchenstraße 20-22 96052 Bamberg The DG on Google Maps