List of German supercentenarians

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Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff (1905–2018) was one of the oldest Germans ever recorded. At age 112, she was part of an awareness campaign for the EU's 112 emergency number.

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100 oldest Germans

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1 Augusta Holtz[2] F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 Template:Ayd PosenTemplate:Efn United States
2 Charlotte Kretschmann[4] F 3 December 1909 27 August 2024[5] 114 years, 268 days SilesiaTemplate:Efn Baden-Württemberg
3 Charlotte Benkner[2] F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days Saxony United States
4 Gustav Gerneth[6] M 15 October 1905 21 October 2019[7] 114 years, 6 days PomeraniaTemplate:Efn Saxony-Anhalt
5 Josefine Ollmann[8] F 11 November 1908 16 July 2022[9] 113 years, 247 days Bavaria Schleswig-Holstein
6 Luzia Mohrs[10] F 23 March 1904 16 October 2017 113 years, 207 days Rhineland Brazil
7 Louise Schaaf[10] F 16 October 1906 25 April 2020 113 years, 192 days Baden United States
8 Erna Brosig[4] F 15 January 1911 23 July 2024[11] 113 years, 190 days SilesiaTemplate:Efn Lower Saxony
9 Mary Drymalski[12] F 22 July 1880 1 December 1993 Template:Ayd West PrussiaTemplate:Efn United States
10 Ilse Meingast[13] F 14 March 1912 Living Template:Ayd Brandenburg United States
11 Maria Aulenbacher[14] F 7 November 1909 8 February 2023[15] Template:Ayd Hesse-Nassau United States
12 Adelheid Kirschbaum[2] F 29 September 1883 21 December 1996 113 years, 83 days Rhineland United States
13 Mathilde Mange[16][17][18] F 10 August 1906 28 October 2019 113 years, 79 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
14 Anna Cernohorsky[19][20] F 13 September 1909 18 September 2022[21] 113 years, 5 days BohemiaTemplate:Efn Saxony
15 Maria Laqua[2] F 12 February 1889 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days Rhineland Rhineland-Palatinate
16 Rosa Rein[2] F 24 March 1897 14 February 2010 112 years, 327 days SilesiaTemplate:Efn Switzerland
17 Anna Bechler[10] F 28 September 1907 29 July 2020 112 years, 305 days Bavaria United States
18 Rosalia Hasenkampf[22] F 14 October 1889 10 July 2002 112 years, 269 days RussiaTemplate:Efn North Rhine-Westphalia
19 Hildegard Lange[23] F 12 January 1907 8 September 2019 Template:Ayd East PrussiaTemplate:Efn North Rhine-Westphalia
20 Gertruda Gorecka[24] F 12 November 1911 25 June 2024[25] 112 years, 226 days West PrussiaTemplate:Efn Canada
21 Lydia Smuda[26] F 6 November 1906 6 June 2019[27] Template:Ayd Rhineland Hamburg
22 Frieda Szwillus[10] F 30 March 1902 21 September 2014 112 years, 175 days Anhalt Saxony
23 Marguerite Petit[2] F 5 July 1883 21 December 1995 112 years, 171 days LorraineTemplate:Efn France
24 Babette Endres[28] F 1 August 1910 12 January 2023[29] Template:Ayd Bavaria Baden-Württemberg
25 Berta Rosenberg[2] F 5 September 1896 28 January 2009 112 years, 145 days Hesse-Nassau United States
26 Martha Rein[30] F 17 August 1874 6 January 1987 Template:Ayd Bavaria United States
27 Gertrud Henze[10] F 8 December 1901 22 April 2014 112 years, 135 days Pomerania Lower Saxony
28 Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff[31] F 7 December 1905 9 April 2018 112 years, 123 days Reuss-Gera Baden-Württemberg
29 Ottilie Reimers[32] F 30 January 1913 24 May 2025 Template:Ayd Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
30 Therese Fenners[33] F 8 March 1906 23 June 2018 112 years, 107 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
31 Elisabeth Tränkner[34] F 11 August 1906 7 November 2018[35] Template:Ayd Hesse-Nassau Baden-Württemberg
32 Meta Berndt[2] F 9 November 1889 28 December 2001 112 years, 49 days PomeraniaTemplate:Efn North Rhine-Westphalia
33 Johanna Klink[10] F 17 January 1903 20 February 2015 112 years, 34 days SilesiaTemplate:Efn Saxony
34 Irmgard von Stephani[2] F 20 September 1895 5 October 2007 112 years, 15 days Hesse-Nassau Berlin
35 Hildegard 'Hilda' Rau[36] F 31 July 1912 29 July 2024[37] 111 years, 364 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
36 Katherine Bodenbender[10] F 19 April 1905 16 April 2017 111 years, 362 days Hesse-Nassau United States
37 Anna Styś[38] F 24 July 1908 1 July 2020 111 years, 343 days West PrussiaTemplate:Efn Poland
Katharina Hagemeyer[39] F 4 August 1908 12 July 2020[40] Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
39 Amy 'Amelia' Holmes[41] F 10 April 1886 1 March 1998 Template:Ayd Westphalia United States
40 Adele Rodenstein[42] F 3 September 1908 18 July 2020 111 years, 319 days RhinelandTemplate:Efn North Rhine-Westphalia
41 Ida Schorn[43] F 4 May 1864 8 March 1976 Template:Ayd PomeraniaTemplate:Efn United States
42 Anna Eistermeier[44] F 28 September 1910 30 July 2022 Template:Ayd Bavaria Bavaria
43 Ella Neumann[45] F 9 October 1906 7 August 2018 Template:Ayd Baden North Rhine-Westphalia
44 Anna Küpper[46] F 29 December 1908 18 October 2020 111 years, 294 days Rhineland Rhineland-Palatinate
45 Elsa Peck[47] F 20 April 1902 28 January 2014 Template:Ayd Hanover Lower Saxony
46 Lina Zimmer[2] F 20 November 1892 28 August 2004 111 years, 282 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
47 Hermann Dörnemann[2] M 27 May 1893 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
48 Helen Johnson[2] F 20 July 1896 17 April 2008 111 years, 272 days Brandenburg United States
49 Charlotte Klamroth[10] F 18 August 1903 16 May 2015 111 years, 271 days Prussian Saxony Rhineland-Palatinate
50 Magdalene Regener[2] F 5 March 1891 19 November 2002 111 years, 259 days Hesse-Nassau Lower Saxony
51 Pauline Raißle[48][49] F 16 December 1905 29 August 2017 111 years, 256 days Württemberg Baden-Württemberg
52 Margot Petzold[50] F 14 January 1911 20 September 2022 Template:Ayd (unknown) Thuringia
53 Gertrud Grutza[51] F 19 December 1908 15 August 2020 Template:Ayd (unknown) Lower Saxony
54 Catherine Trompeter[2] F 26 March 1895 18 November 2006 111 years, 237 days AlsaceTemplate:Efn France
55 Elisabeth Heck[2] F 11 July 1893 3 February 2005 111 years, 207 days Baden Hesse
56 Else Rönsch[52] F 14 March 1904 5 October 2015 Template:Ayd Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
57 Joanna Lipińska[53] F 18 August 1910 6 March 2022 Template:Ayd PosenTemplate:Efn Poland
58 Hedy Wegier[54] F 25 October 1903 12 May 2015 Template:Ayd SilesiaTemplate:Efn United States
59 Adele Lankenau[55] F 27 March 1913 6 October 2024[56] 111 years, 193 days Hanover Lower Saxony
60 Paula Baumgärtner[2] F 16 August 1881 24 February 1993 111 years, 192 days Westphalia Baden-Württemberg
61 Hélène Le Bozec[57] F 24 December 1908 27 June 2020 Template:Ayd AlsaceTemplate:Efn France
62 Adele Ziegenhagel[58] F 12 July 1906 10 January 2018 111 years, 182 days (unknown) Rhineland-Palatinate
63 Margarete Ottmann[10] F 23 February 1903 17 August 2014 111 years, 175 days SilesiaTemplate:Efn Bavaria
Ilse Beck[59] F 5 October 1906 29 March 2018 Saxony Thuringia
65 Elisabeth Schneider[10] F 19 August 1901 9 February 2013 111 years, 174 days Westphalia Lower Saxony
66 Frieda Borchert[10] F 5 January 1897 22 June 2008 111 years, 169 days PomeraniaTemplate:Efn Berlin
67 Christine Hoscheid[60] F 16 February 1907 1 August 2018 Template:Ayd Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
68 Anna Mehlberg[61] F 2 December 1906 15 May 2018 111 years, 164 days Brandenburg Berlin
69 Margarete Dannheimer[62] F 28 January 1904 2 July 2015 Template:Ayd Bavaria Bavaria
70 Jeanne Schneider[63] F 11 July 1895 11 December 2006 Template:Ayd LorraineTemplate:Efn France
71 Józefa Ciesielska[64] F 6 March 1912 3 August 2023 Template:Ayd PosenTemplate:Efn Poland
72 Rosa Rose[10] F 4 December 1903 25 April 2015 111 years, 142 days Hanover Lower Saxony
73 Karolina Krüger[10] F 17 February 1885 3 July 1996 111 years, 137 days Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
74 Katharina Braun[2] F 23 September 1867 5 February 1979 111 years, 135 days Bavaria (Palatinate) Rhineland-Palatinate
75 Anna Stephan[2] F 25 March 1892 3 August 2003 111 years, 131 days BohemiaTemplate:Efn Bavaria
76 Friedrich Reichenstein[65] M 1 February 1906 9 June 2017 111 years, 128 days Westphalia Israel
77 Maria-Anna Higelin[66] F 18 November 1882 21 March 1994 Template:Ayd AlsaceTemplate:Efn France
78 Anna Braun[67] F 5 July 1911 29 October 2022[68] Template:Ayd (unknown) Brandenburg
79 Gertrud Teichgräber[69] F 22 November 1908 16 March 2020 Template:Ayd Brandenburg Lower Saxony
80 Anne Matthiesen (née Jensen)[2] F 26 November 1884 19 March 1996 Template:Ayd Schleswig-HolsteinTemplate:Efn Denmark
81 Gertrud Blohm[70] F 7 September 1912 29 December 2023[71] Template:Ayd Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
82 Maria Gabriella Lerchenthal[72] F 8 June 1913 13 September 2024 Template:Ayd Bavaria Italy
83 Elsa Tauser[2] F 10 July 1896 6 October 2007 111 years, 88 days Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Käthe Wulf[73] F 23 March 1902 19 June 2013 Oldenburg Hesse
85 Bertha Lindemann[2] F 11 March 1891 29 May 2002 111 years, 79 days Brunswick Lower Saxony
Eleonora Łosiewicz[74] F 24 January 1910 13 April 2021 PosenTemplate:Efn Poland
87 Johanna Frank[2] F 15 September 1875 24 November 1986 111 years, 70 days Hamburg United States
88 Ingeborg Fründt[75] F 24 April 1913 1 July 2024 Template:Ayd Hanover Lower Saxony
89 Käthe 'Katie' Logemann[76][77] F 15 December 1907 19 February 2019 Template:Ayd Oldenburg United States
90 Zhenya Broytman[78][79] F 21 August 1899 25 October 2010 Template:Ayd UkraineTemplate:Efn North Rhine-Westphalia
91 Emilie Kreckmann[80] F 28 October 1912 18 December 2023[81] Template:Ayd Bavaria Saarland
92 Elisabeth Schlink[82] F 3 December 1910 24 December 2021[83] Template:Ayd West PrussiaTemplate:Efn Schleswig-Holstein
93 Anna Palarowska[84] F 22 October 1902 2 November 2013 Template:Ayd West PrussiaTemplate:Efn France
94 Feuke Glato[85] F 26 December 1908 31 December 2019[86] Template:Ayd Hanover Lower Saxony
95 Else Aßmann[10] F 18 February 1902 15 February 2013 110 years, 363 days Brandenburg Berlin
96 Dorothea Duisberg[87] F 7 October 1912 2 October 2023[88] Template:Ayd Bremen Chile
97 Herta Hansen[89] F 15 October 1910 8 October 2021 110 years, 358 days Pomerania Hesse
Johann Schornack[90] M 29 February 1912 22 February 2023[91] Rhineland North Rhine-Westphalia
99 Anna 'Änne' Matschewsky[92] F 3 October 1912 23 September 2023[93] Template:Ayd Rhineland Baden-Württemberg
100 Agnes Meier[94] F 30 May 1907 19 May 2018 Template:Ayd (unknown) North Rhine-Westphalia

Biographies

Maria Laqua

Maria Laqua (12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002) was born in Rheydt-Odenkirchen, Rhineland, today in North Rhine-Westphalia, as one of 13 children. She worked as a housemaid, got married, and gave birth to two sons in the 1920s, who both died in the Second World War. Her husband Charles died in 1958. She lived for 35 years in a retirement home in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland-Palatinate and died in her sleep. She was only survived by a great-niece who attended her regularly. Laqua was in need of care, bedridden and inaccessible during her last years, although she occasionally had a flash and spoke.[95] She was the oldest person ever in Germany when she died aged 112 years, 362 days. Her record age was officially surpassed by Josefine Ollmann on 9 November 2021, who was validated by the GRG on 15 February 2023.[8]

Hermann Dörnemann

Hermann Dörnemann (27 May 1893 – 2 March 2005) was, at the time of his death, the oldest living person in Germany and the oldest living man in Europe for about one year. After the death of 113-year-old American Fred Harold Hale in November 2004, Dörnemann was believed to have become the world's oldest living man,[96] but Emiliano Mercado del Toro from Puerto Rico was later confirmed to be almost two years older. Dörnemann credited his longevity to "drinking a beer a day".[97][98] He died of pneumonia in Düsseldorf, aged 111 years, 279 days.

Elisabeth Schneider

Elisabeth Schneider (19 August 1901 – 9 February 2013) was the oldest living person in Germany from November 2011 to her death in February 2013, aged 111 years and 174 days. She was born in Bad Oeynhausen, today in North Rhine-Westphalia, and had two sisters. She married in 1923 and gave birth to a daughter two years later. Schneider lived on her own until the age of 97. At her 111th birthday she was asked for the secret of her longevity and replied laughing that others just would have given up gasping for breath. She died in a retirement home in Varel, Lower Saxony. She was survived by her daughter, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.[99][100]

Gertrud Henze

Gertrud Henze (8 December 1901 – 22 April 2014) was the oldest living person in Germany from February 2013 until her death in April 2014. She was born in Rügen, worked as a librarian, and never married nor had children. Since 1993, she lived in a retirement home in Göttingen, where she was appreciated for her open and life-affirming attitude. She was still in good health, and listed reasons for her longevity including: reading a lot, having lively contact with other people, sometimes enjoying a cigarette and a glass of wine, and never getting married. She celebrated her 112th birthday only with some friends and relatives, because the public interest in her prior birthday had been too exhausting. She enjoyed reading, with the help of a magnifying glass. She was still able to walk with a rollator to meet acquaintances and friends for a chat. Henze died at the age of 112 years and 135 days. She donated her body to medical science for genetic research.[101][102][103]

Frieda Szwillus

Frieda Szwillus (née Hennig; 30 March 1902 – 21 September 2014[104]) was Germany's oldest living person from April 2014 until her death five months later, aged 112 years, 175 days. She was born Frieda Hennig in Dessau (now in Saxony-Anhalt), and had six siblings. Her family moved to Erla when she was 6. She was married twice, raised one biological child and three stepchildren, and outlived all of them. Until her later years, Szwillus lived at home in Raschau with her family, and she needed no medicine. She was in good physical condition, but suffered from dementia. She had only been physically active during her youth. Her family attributed her longevity to a lively family life. She often visited her siblings, but never went on holiday. She also enjoyed knitting and embroidering. She died at the age of 112 years and 175 days.[105][106][107]

Gustav Gerneth

Gustav Gerneth (15 October 1905 – 21 October 2019)[7] was born in Stettin, German Empire (now Szczecin, Poland).[108] He worked in a shipping company and at a gas plant. During the Second World War, he was a mechanic in the German air force (Luftwaffe).[109] He married Charlotte Grubert in 1930 and the couple had three sons; she died in 1988. Gerneth lived in Havelberg in Saxony-Anhalt for over forty years, and continued to do so on his own, with family members caring for his household.[6][110] According to a statement by his granddaughter on his 113th birthday, he still had a lucid mind, watching football, solving crosswords, and doing mental arithmetic.[111] Asked for the reason for his long life, he said: "I have always been living and eating well. No diet. Always butter, never margarine. I have not touched any cigarette all my life and I drank alcohol only at celebrations."[112] Gerneth died on 21 October 2019 of natural causes, aged 114 years and 6 days, believed to have been the world's oldest man,[113] although Guinness World Records has not verified his case.[114][115]

Josefine Ollmann

In November 2021, Josefine Ollmann (11 November 1908 – 16 July 2022) surpassed Maria Laqua's final age to become the oldest person ever in Germany and the first German to officially reach the age of 113. Ollmann, whose age was validated by the GRG on 13 February 2023, passed away on 16 July 2022 at the final age of 113 years and 247 days. Although Gustav Gerneth's claimed final age is older than Ollmann, his age is officially still unvalidated.

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