List of German supercentenarians
Encyclopedia
This is a list of verified German supercentenarian
s (people from Germany
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 31 verified supercentenarian
s from Germany
. The oldest person ever from Germany was Maria Laqua, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 362 days (but Charlotte Benkner
aged 114 years 180 days died in the USA in 2004). As of , there is no verified living supercentenarian, but 1 unverified in Germany; Elisabeth Schneider age .
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
a Hasenkampf was born in a part of the Russian Empire
. It is now in Russia.
b Stephan was born in Bohemia
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary
. It is now in the Czech Republic
.
c Tilscher was born in Moravia
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic
.
d Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France
.
e Corba was born in Izgar, which was then part of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Romania
.
f von Veh was born in a part of the Russian Empire
. It is now in Russia.
g Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania
.
h Maier was born in Bohemia
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic
.
i Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
j Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
k Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
l Meyer-Zettel was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
. She held the record of the oldest person who died in Germany before Friedrich Wedeking surpassed her. The record for the oldest woman was broken by Katharina Braun. She was born in Geldauschinken (Lithuania
), relocated in 1941 to Pomerania
(Germany
, since 1945 Poland
), went in 1957 to Germany
and died in Herne
.
. She was born in Hamburg
and died in Greenwich, Connecticut
.
and Germany
's oldest person. She was born in Izgar (Banat
, at his time Hungary
, today Romania
, Caraş-Severin County
) and died in Düsseldorf
.
and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Friedrich Wedeking - for females Ella Ille Rentel; her record was broken by Paula Marie Baumgärtner. She was born and died in Offenbach an der Queich
. Katharina Braun was the last German living in Germany born before the foundation of the German Empire
in 1871 and oldest of the persons not born in the German Confederation
.
and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Katharina Braun. The record for the oldest person born in Germany was broken by Adelheid Kirschbaum and for the oldest which died in Germany by Maria Laqua. She was born in Witten
and died in Weinheim
.
and the oldest living person
in Germany. She was born in Zurlauben (since 1888 part of Trier
) and died in Münster
; before her Katharina Braun was the record holder. She was born in Neuwied
and died in New York
.
and the oldest living person
in Germany. She was born in Windeck
and died in Raisting
.
and the oldest person in Germany. He was born and lived in Hirschau
but died in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
.
. She was born in Kawcze
(at this time Kaffzig in the prussian province of Pomerania
(German Empire), today Poland) and died in Düsseldorf
.
and is the oldest person ever to die in Germany, but not the oldest to be born there, since Charlotte Benkner
(16 November 1889 – 14 May 2004) and Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) were also born there. Both Benkner and Kirschbaum died in the United States. The record for the oldest person who died in Germany before Maria Laqua was Paula Marie Baumgärtner. Laqua was born in Odenkirchen
and died in Bad Hönningen
.
. She was born and died in Wolfenbüttel
.
and possibly the oldest person in Germany for a bit in 2002 but is not validated yet (only a birth certification of baptism entry is missing). It is not clear if her birth date is given in Gregorian calendar
or Julian calendar
. She was born in Glarus (Russia
n region of Saratow) with German ancestry and died in Senden
.
. She was born and died in Rinteln
.
and the oldest living person
in Germany from 19 November 2002, the death of 111-year-old Magdalene Regener, until Stephan's death aged 111. She was succeeded in that title by Lina Zimmer
. She was born in Altensee, Bohemia
and died in Neumarkt
.
. She was born in Eppingen
and died in Falkenstein
(part of Königstein im Taunus
).
. She was the oldest living person in Germany at the time of her death. She was born and died in Potsdam
.
and the oldest living person born in Germany
. She was born in Berlin
and died in Portland
, Oregon
.
and Germany
's oldest person. She was born in Gutsch (Pomerania
, at this time German Empire
, today Poland
) and died in Berlin
.
and Germany
's oldest person. She was born in Kassel
and died in Duisburg
.
supercentenarian and the oldest verified person in Germany.
Schmidt was born in Bergsdorf and died there. During her life she lost her only husband in 1951 and also two daughters, but there is still a sister living in Berlin, eight grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild at the time of her death.
. She was born in Metz
(German Empire
, now France
), married in Stettin (German Empire
, now Poland
) and lived in Wachenheim an der Weinstraße.
. She was born in Saxony
and died in Bavaria
.
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s (people from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 31 verified supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
s from Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The oldest person ever from Germany was Maria Laqua, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 362 days (but Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004...
aged 114 years 180 days died in the USA in 2004). As of , there is no verified living supercentenarian, but 1 unverified in Germany; Elisabeth Schneider age .
Living German supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from Germany and born in Germany. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevityLongevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....
research, such as the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...
. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of | State of birth | State of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Schneider | F | 19 August 1901 | Prussia (Westphalia) | Lower Saxony |
German supercentenarians
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | State or Country of birth | State of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Laqua | F | 12 February 1889 | 9 February 2002 | 112 years, 362 days | Prussia Prussia Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history... (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz .... |
| Rosalia Hasenkampf | F | 14 October 1889 | 10 July 2002 | 112 years, 269 days | Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the... |
|
| 2 | Meta Berndt | F | 9 November 1889 | 28 December 2001 | 112 years, 49 days | Prussia Prussia Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history... (Pomerania Pomerania Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 3 | Irmgard von Stephani Irmgard von Stephani Irmgard von Stephani was at age 112 years 15 days, the oldest person in Germany alive and one of only 4 Europeans left who were officially born in 1895. The three remaining ones at the time were Astrid Zachrison of Sweden, Manuela Fernández-Fojaco of Spain and Marie-Louise Lhuillier of France.Von... |
F | 20 September 1895 | 5 October 2007 | 112 years, 15 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
| 4 | Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer was, for the last year of her life, dying at the age of 111, the oldest German. She was said to be humorous. She was born and died in Stuttgart.... |
F | 20 November 1892 | 4 August 2004 | 111 years, 282 days | Württemberg Württemberg Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia.... |
Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants... |
| 5 | Hermann Dörnemann Hermann Dörnemann Hermann Dörnemann of Germany was hailed in the press as the oldest living man in the world upon the death of 113-year-old American Fred Hale on 19 November 2004... |
M | 27 May 1893 | 2 March 2005 | 111 years, 279 days | Prussia (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 6 | Magdalene Regener | F | 5 March 1891 | 19 November 2002 | 111 years, 259 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany... |
| 7 | Elisabeth Heck | F | 7 July 1893 | 3 February 2005 | 111 years, 211 days | Baden Baden Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany.... |
Hesse Hesse Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state... |
| 8 | Paula Baumgärtner | F | 16 August 1881 | 24 February 1993 | 111 years, 192 days | Prussia (Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"... ) |
Baden-Württemberg |
| 9 | Frieda Borchert | F | 5 January 1897 | 22 June 2008 | 111 years, 169 days | Prussia (Pomerania Pomerania Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East... ) |
Berlin |
| 10 | Anna Stephan | F | 25 March 1892 | 3 August 2003 | 111 years, 131 days | Bohemia Bohemia Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague... |
Bavaria |
| 11 | Elsa Tauser Elsa Tauser Elsa Tauser was a supercentenarian and Germany's oldest person for one day.Born in Hamburg, Elsa Martens married Konrad Tauser in 1935.... |
F | 10 July 1896 | 6 October 2007 | 111 years, 88 days | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig... |
| 12 | Aloysia Tilscher | F | 9 December 1893 | 8 November 2004 | 110 years, 335 days | Moravia | Bavaria |
| 13 | Frieda Schmidt | F | 15 December 1899 | 6 November 2010 | 110 years, 326 days | Prussia (Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam... ) |
Brandenburg |
| 14 | Berta Zeisler | F | 2 February 1900 | 1 December 2010 | 110 years, 302 days | Lorraine Lorraine (région) Lorraine is one of the 27 régions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance, Metz and Nancy. Metz is considered to be the official capital since that is where the regional parliament is situated... |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Gisela Metreweli | F | 10 October 1893 | 31 July 2004 | 110 years, 295 days | Bavaria | Bavaria | |
| 15 | Marie Stutz | F | 22 October 1896 | 11 August 2007 | 110 years, 293 days | Hesse Hesse Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state... |
Bavaria |
| 16 | Frieda Müller | F | 18 October 1894 | 21 July 2005 | 110 years, 276 days | Prussia (Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam... ) |
Brandenburg |
| Pauline Spyra | F | 24 April 1886 | 11 January 1997 | 110 years, 262 days | Prussia (Silesia Silesia Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław... ) |
Bavaria | |
| 17 | Frieda Tessmer | F | 5 August 1897 | 28 March 2008 | 110 years, 236 days | Prussia (Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam... ) |
Berlin |
| 18 | Clothilde Rey | F | 20 November 1892 | 9 July 2003 | 110 years, 231 days | Prussia (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Erna Scharfenberg | F | 26 June 1894 | 26 January 2005 | 110 years, 214 days | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
Schleswig-Holstein | |
| 19 | Mathilde Stoellger | F | 21 April 1893 | 16 November 2003 | 110 years, 209 days | Prussia (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 20 | Karolina Gröber | F | 27 April 1901 | 21 November 2011 | 110 years, 208 days | Bavaria | Bavaria |
| 21 | Maria Corba | F | 15 August 1878 | 8 March 1989 | 110 years, 205 days | Banat Banat The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small... |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 22 | Charlotte Bauch | F | 12 October 1900 | 2 May 2011 | 110 years, 202 days | Saxony | Bavaria |
| 23 | Arno Wagner | M | 4 June 1894 | 22 December 2004 | 110 years, 201 days | Saxony | Saxony |
| Franziska Umrath | F | 5 September 1885 | 18 February 1996 | 110 years, 166 days | Prussia (West Prussia West Prussia West Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773–1824 and 1878–1919/20 which was created out of the earlier Polish province of Royal Prussia... ) |
Hamburg | |
| 24 | Johanne Rasmus | F | 25 October 1896 | 25 March 2007 | 110 years, 151 days | Prussia (Hanover Hanover Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg... ) |
Lower Saxony |
| Maria Volmer | F | 8 June 1890 | 6 November 2000 | 110 years, 151 days | Prussia (Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| 25 | Helene Heidbreder | F | 19 May 1897 | 8 October 2007 | 110 years, 142 days | Prussia (Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"... ) |
Lower Saxony |
| 26 | Emma Joisten | F | 21 June 1898 | 8 November 2008 | 110 years, 140 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 27 | Lina von Veh | F | 17 February 1898 | 19 June 2008 | 110 years, 123 days | Russia | Bavaria |
| Ella Ille Rentel | F | 19 May 1852 | 19 September 1962 | 110 years, 123 days | Russia | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| 29 | Maria Schmitz | F | 27 August 1886 | 22 October 1996 | 110 years, 56 days | Prussia (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 30 | Franziska Maier | F | 23 April 1898 | 20 May 2008 | 110 years, 27 days | Bohemia | Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of... |
| 31 | Irene Mergelsberg | F | 4 March 1893 | 6 March 2003 | 110 years, 2 days | Hesse | Hesse |
a Hasenkampf was born in a part of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. It is now in Russia.
b Stephan was born in Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
. It is now in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
c Tilscher was born in Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
d Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
e Corba was born in Izgar, which was then part of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
.
f von Veh was born in a part of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. It is now in Russia.
g Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
.
h Maier was born in Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
German emigrant supercentenarians
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | State of birth | Country of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004... |
F | 16 November 1889 | 14 May 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | Saxony | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| 2 | Adelheid Kirschbaum | F | 29 September 1883 | 21 December 1996 | 113 years, 83 days | Prussia (Rhine Province Rhine Province The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia or synonymous to the Rhineland , was the westernmost province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia, within the German Reich, from 1822-1946. It was created from the provinces of the Lower Rhine and Jülich-Cleves-Berg... ) |
United States |
| 3 | Rosa Rein Rosa Rein Rosa Rein was a Swiss supercentenarian, and the oldest living person in Switzerland since the 3 September 2006 death of 110-year-old Anna Ringier-Kieser, and as of 20 June 2008 their new longevity recordholder. She was one of the 15 verified oldest living people at the time of her death... |
F | 24 March 1897 | 14 February 2010 | 112 years, 327 days | Prussia (Silesia Silesia Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław... ) |
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
| 4 | Marguerite Petit | F | 3 July 1883 | 21 December 1995 | 112 years, 171 days | Lorraine | France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
| 5 | Berta Rosenberg | F | 5 September 1896 | 28 January 2009 | 112 years, 145 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | United States |
| 6 | Helen Johnson | F | 20 July 1896 | 17 April 2008 | 111 years, 272 days | Prussia (Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... ) |
United States |
| 7 | Catherine Trompeter | F | 26 March 1895 | 18 November 2006 | 111 years, 237 days | Alsace Alsace Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²... |
France |
| 8 | Johanna Frank | F | 15 September 1875 | 15 December 1986 | 111 years, 91 days | Hamburg | United States |
| 9 | Caroline Dott | F | 5 February 1900 | 8 August 2010 | 110 years, 184 days | Alsace | France |
| Else Hessberg | F | 5 December 1892 | 12 April 2003 | 110 years, 128 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | United States | |
| 10 | John Mauch | M | 24 December 1888 | 7 March 1999 | 110 years, 73 days | Württemberg | United States |
| 11 | Giovanna Meyer-Zettel | F | 6 December 1896 | 12 January 2007 | 110 years, 37 days | Alsace | Italy |
| Wilhelmine Gnueg | F | 12 March 1894 | 17 April 2004 | 110 years, 36 days | Prussia (Hesse-Nassau) | United States | |
| 12 | Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede | F | 29 May 1890 | 8 June 2000 | 110 years, 10 days | Prussia (Westphalia Westphalia Westphalia is a region in Germany, centred on the cities of Arnsberg, Bielefeld, Dortmund, Minden and Münster.Westphalia is roughly the region between the rivers Rhine and Weser, located north and south of the Ruhr River. No exact definition of borders can be given, because the name "Westphalia"... ) |
Switzerland |
i Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
j Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
k Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
l Meyer-Zettel was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
Oldest German person by state
This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each state - according to today borders| State | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer was, for the last year of her life, dying at the age of 111, the oldest German. She was said to be humorous. She was born and died in Stuttgart.... |
F | 20 November 1892 | 4 August 2004 | 111 years, 282 days |
| Bavaria | Gisela Metreweli | F | 10 October 1893 | 31 July 2004 | 110 years, 295 days |
| Berlin | Helen Johnson | F | 20 July 1896 | 17 April 2008 | 111 years, 272 days |
| Brandenburg | Frieda Schmidt | F | 15 December 1899 | 6 November 2010 | 110 years, 326 days |
| Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... |
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| Hamburg | Johanna Frank | F | 15 September 1875 | 15 December 1986 | 111 years, 91 days |
| Hesse | Berta Rosenberg | F | 5 September 1896 | 28 January 2009 | 112 years, 145 days |
| Lower Saxony | Magdalene Regener | F | 5 March 1891 | 19 November 2002 | 111 years, 259 days |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |||||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Maria Laqua | F | 12 February 1889 | 9 February 2002 | 112 years, 362 days |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Adelheid Kirschbaum | F | 29 September 1883 | 21 December 1996 | 113 years, 83 days |
| Saarland Saarland Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states... |
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| Saxony | Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004... |
F | 16 November 1889 | 14 May 2004 | 114 years, 180 days |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Erna Henningsen | F | 24 May 1889 | 27 February 2000 | 110 years, 279 days |
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||||
| Thuringia Thuringia The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states.... |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1989
| From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | State of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | 8 March 1989 | Maria Corba | F | ? – 110 | 15 August 1878 – 8 March 1989 110 years, 205 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 8 March 1989 | 30 October 1989 ( days) |
Elfried Libbert | F | 109 | 5 May 1880 – 30 October 1989 109 years, 178 days |
Hesse |
| 30 October 1989 | 24 February 1993 |
Paula Baumgärtner | F | 108 – 111 | 16 August 1881 – 24 February 1993 111 years, 192 days |
Baden-Württemberg |
| 24 February 1993 | 26 April 1993 ( days) |
Gertrud Pannwitz | F | 109 | 4 November 1883 – 26 April 1993 109 years, 173 days |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 26 April 1993 | 26 January 1995 |
Ottilie Aleith | F | 108 – 109 | 13 February 1885 – 26 January 1995 109 years, 347 days |
Thuringia |
| 26 January 1995 | 3 July 1996 |
Karolina Krüger | F | 109 – 111 | 17 February 1885 – 3 July 1996 111 years, 137 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 3 July 1996 | 11 January 1997 ( days) |
Pauline Spyra | F | 110 | 24 April 1886 – 11 January 1997 110 years, 262 days |
Bavaria |
| 11 January 1997 | 18 May 1998 |
Wilhelm Lehnen | M | 108 – 109 | 22 July 1888 – 18 May 1998 109 years, 300 days |
Hesse |
| 18 May 1998 | 5 January 1999 ( days) |
Marie Stegmann | F | 109 | 17 January 1889 – 6 January 1999 109 years, 354 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 5 January 1999 | 23 March 1999 ( days) |
Wilhelm Schorner | M | 109 – 110 | 3 February 1889 – 23 March 1999 110 years, 54 days |
Bavaria |
| 23 March 1999 | 9 February 2002 |
Maria Laqua | F | 110 – 112 | 12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002 112 years, 362 days |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 9 February 2002 | 10 September 2002 ( days) |
Rosalia Hasenkampf | F | 112 | 14 October 1889 – 10 September 2002 112 years, 269 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 10 September 2002 | 19 November 2002 ( days) |
Magdalene Regener | F | 110 – 111 | 5 March 1891 – 19 November 2002 111 years, 259 days |
Lower Saxony |
| 19 November 2002 | 3 August 2003 ( days) |
Anna Stephan | F | 110 – 111 | 25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003 111 years, 131 days |
Bavaria |
| 3 August 2003 | 28 August 2004 |
Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer Lina Zimmer was, for the last year of her life, dying at the age of 111, the oldest German. She was said to be humorous. She was born and died in Stuttgart.... |
F | 110 – 111 | 20 November 1892 – 28 August 2004 111 years, 282 days |
Baden-Württemberg |
| 28 August 2004 | 2 March 2005 ( days) |
Hermann Dörnemann Hermann Dörnemann Hermann Dörnemann of Germany was hailed in the press as the oldest living man in the world upon the death of 113-year-old American Fred Hale on 19 November 2004... |
M | 111 | 27 May 1893 – 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 2 March 2005 | 21 July 2005 ( days) |
Frieda Müller | F | 110 | 18 October 1894 – 21 July 2005 110 years, 276 days |
Brandenburg |
| 21 July 2005 | 5 October 2007 |
Irmgard von Stephani Irmgard von Stephani Irmgard von Stephani was at age 112 years 15 days, the oldest person in Germany alive and one of only 4 Europeans left who were officially born in 1895. The three remaining ones at the time were Astrid Zachrison of Sweden, Manuela Fernández-Fojaco of Spain and Marie-Louise Lhuillier of France.Von... |
F | 109 – 112 | 20 September 1895 – 5 October 2007 112 years, 15 days |
Berlin |
| 5 October 2007 | 6 October 2007 ( day) |
Elsa Tauser Elsa Tauser Elsa Tauser was a supercentenarian and Germany's oldest person for one day.Born in Hamburg, Elsa Martens married Konrad Tauser in 1935.... |
F | 111 | 10 July 1896 – 6 October 2007 111 years, 88 days |
Schleswig-Holstein |
| 6 October 2007 | 22 June 2008 ( days) |
Frieda Borchert | F | 110 – 111 | 5 January 1897 – 22 June 2008 111 years, 169 days |
Berlin |
| 22 June 2008 | 8 November 2008 ( days) |
Emma Joisten | F | 110 | 21 June 1898 – 8 November 2008 110 years, 140 days |
North Rhine-Westphalia |
| 8 November 2008 | 27 December 2008 ( days) |
Elisabeth Schilling | F | 109 | 3 September 1899 – 27 December 2008 109 years, 115 days |
Bavaria |
| 27 December 2008 | 6 November 2010 |
Frieda Schmidt | F | 109 – 110 | 15 December 1899 – 6 November 2010 110 years, 326 days |
Brandenburg |
| 6 November 2010 | 1 December 2010 ( days) |
Berta Zeisler | F | 110 | 2 February 1900 – 1 December 2010 110 years, 302 days |
Rhineland-Palatinate |
| 1 December 2010 | 2 May 2011 ( days) |
Charlotte Bauch | F | 110 | 12 October 1900 – 2 May 2011 110 years, 202 days |
Bavaria |
| 2 May 2011 | 21 November 2011 ( days) |
Karolina Gröber | F | 110 | 27 April 1901 – 21 November 2011 110 years, 208 days |
Bavaria |
| 21 November 2011 | Present ( days) |
Elisabeth Schneider | F | 110* | born 19 August 1901 age |
Living in Lower Saxony |
Ella Ille Rentel
Ella Ille Rentel (19 May 1852 – 19 September 1962) was a German-Lithuanian supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She held the record of the oldest person who died in Germany before Friedrich Wedeking surpassed her. The record for the oldest woman was broken by Katharina Braun. She was born in Geldauschinken (Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
), relocated in 1941 to Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, since 1945 Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), went in 1957 to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and died in Herne
Herne, Germany
Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...
.
Johanna Frank
Johanna Frank (15 September 1875 – 24 November 1986) was a German American supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and died in Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
.
Maria Corba
Maria Corba (15 August 1878 – 8 March 1989) was a supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's oldest person. She was born in Izgar (Banat
Banat
The Banat is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe currently divided between three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania , the western part in northeastern Serbia , and a small...
, at his time Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, today Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Caraş-Severin County
Caras-Severin County
Caraș-Severin is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Banat and few villages in Transylvania, with the county seat at Reșița.-Demographics:The county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mureș-Tisza euroregion....
) and died in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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Katharina Braun
Katharina Braun (23 September 1867 – 5 February 1979) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Friedrich Wedeking - for females Ella Ille Rentel; her record was broken by Paula Marie Baumgärtner. She was born and died in Offenbach an der Queich
Offenbach an der Queich
Offenbach an der Queich is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, approx. 6 km east of Landau....
. Katharina Braun was the last German living in Germany born before the foundation of the German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
in 1871 and oldest of the persons not born in the German Confederation
German Confederation
The German Confederation was the loose association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to coordinate the economies of separate German-speaking countries. It acted as a buffer between the powerful states of Austria and Prussia...
.
Paula Marie Baumgärtner
Paula Marie Baumgärtner (16 August 1881 – 24 February 1993) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the record holder for the highest age of a person born and died in Germany. The record holder before her was Katharina Braun. The record for the oldest person born in Germany was broken by Adelheid Kirschbaum and for the oldest which died in Germany by Maria Laqua. She was born in Witten
Witten
Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...
and died in Weinheim
Weinheim
Weinheim is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43 000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. Together with these cities, it makes up the Rhine-Neckar triangle...
.
Karolina Krüger
Karolina Krüger (17 February 1885 – 3 July 1996) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the oldest living person
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
in Germany. She was born in Zurlauben (since 1888 part of Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
) and died in Münster
Münster
Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...
Adelheid Kirschbaum
Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) was the oldest person born in Germany ever before Charlotte BenknerCharlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004...
; before her Katharina Braun was the record holder. She was born in Neuwied
Neuwied
Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne...
and died in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Pauline Spyra
Pauline Spyra (24 April 1886 – 11 January 1997) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the oldest living person
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
in Germany. She was born in Windeck
Windeck
Windeck is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 35 km east of Bonn and 35 km west of Siegen. Many think the municipality is named after the ruined castle of Windeck. But in fact the first place to be...
and died in Raisting
Raisting
Raisting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany....
.
Wilhelm Schorner
Wilhelm Schorner (3 February 1889 – 29 March 1999) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the oldest person in Germany. He was born and lived in Hirschau
Hirschau
Hirschau is a municipality in the Upper Palatinate district of Bavaria and in the county of Amberg-Sulzbach.- Location :Hirschau lies directly on the German Federal Highway 14 and ca. 20 km east of the Autobahn 6 ,and ca. 15 km west of the Autobahn 93...
but died in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Sulzbach-Rosenberg is a municipality in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated approx. 14 km northwest of Amberg, and 50 km east of Nuremberg. The town consists of two parts: Sulzbach in the west, and Rosenberg in the east. Archeological evidence tells, that...
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Meta Berndt
Meta Berndt (9 November 1889 – 28 December 2001) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born in Kawcze
Kawcze, Pomeranian Voivodeship
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(at this time Kaffzig in the prussian province of Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
(German Empire), today Poland) and died in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
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Maria Laqua
Maria Laqua (12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and is the oldest person ever to die in Germany, but not the oldest to be born there, since Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner
Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004...
(16 November 1889 – 14 May 2004) and Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) were also born there. Both Benkner and Kirschbaum died in the United States. The record for the oldest person who died in Germany before Maria Laqua was Paula Marie Baumgärtner. Laqua was born in Odenkirchen
Odenkirchen
Odenkirchen is a former town in Germany, presently part of the city Mönchengladbach. It is situated on the river Niers, 21 miles by rail south-west of Düsseldorf. It has a railway station , on the line from Mönchengladbach to Grevenbroich and Cologne. Pop...
and died in Bad Hönningen
Bad Hönningen
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Bertha Lindemann
Bertha Lindemann (11 March 1891 – 29 May 2002) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born and died in Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel
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Rosalia Hasenkampf
Rosalia Hasenkampf (14 October 1889 – 10 July 2002) was a German-Russian supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and possibly the oldest person in Germany for a bit in 2002 but is not validated yet (only a birth certification of baptism entry is missing). It is not clear if her birth date is given in Gregorian calendar
Gregorian calendar
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or Julian calendar
Julian calendar
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. She was born in Glarus (Russia
Russia
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n region of Saratow) with German ancestry and died in Senden
Senden
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Magdalene Regener
Magdalene Regener (5 March 1891 – 19 November 2002) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born and died in Rinteln
Rinteln
Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Population: 28,500.It is accessed by the A2 autobahn .-History:...
.
Anna Stephan
Anna Stephan (25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the oldest living person
Oldest people
This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
in Germany from 19 November 2002, the death of 111-year-old Magdalene Regener, until Stephan's death aged 111. She was succeeded in that title by Lina Zimmer
Lina Zimmer
Lina Zimmer was, for the last year of her life, dying at the age of 111, the oldest German. She was said to be humorous. She was born and died in Stuttgart....
. She was born in Altensee, Bohemia
Bohemia
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and died in Neumarkt
Neumarkt
-Places:Austria*Neumarkt am Wallersee, in Salzburg*Neumarkt an der Raab, in Burgenland*Neumarkt an der Ybbs, in Lower Austria*Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis, in the Hausruckviertel, Upper Austria*Neumarkt im Mühlkreis, in the Mühlviertel, Upper Austria...
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Elisabeth Heck
Elisabeth Heck (11 July 1893 – 3 February 2005) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born in Eppingen
Eppingen
Eppingen is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The town has the second-largest population in the district....
and died in Falkenstein
Falkenstein
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(part of Königstein im Taunus
Königstein im Taunus
Königstein im Taunus is a climatic spa and lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the Taunus in Hesse, Germany. Owing to its advantageous location for both scenery and transport on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Königstein is a favourite residential town...
).
Frieda Müller
Frieda Müller (18 October 1894 – 21 July 2005) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was the oldest living person in Germany at the time of her death. She was born and died in Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
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Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson (20 July 1896 – 17 April 2008) was a German-American supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and the oldest living person born in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. She was born in Berlin
Berlin
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and died in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
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Frieda Borchert
Frieda Borchert (5 January 1897 – 22 June 2008) was a supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's oldest person. She was born in Gutsch (Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
, at this time German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
, today Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and died in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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Emma Joisten
Emma Joisten (21 June 1898 – 8 November 2008) was a supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
's oldest person. She was born in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
and died in Duisburg
Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
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Frieda Schmidt
Frieda Schmidt (15 December 1899 – 6 November 2010) was a GermanGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
supercentenarian and the oldest verified person in Germany.
Schmidt was born in Bergsdorf and died there. During her life she lost her only husband in 1951 and also two daughters, but there is still a sister living in Berlin, eight grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild at the time of her death.
Berta Zeisler
Berta Zeisler (2 February 1900 – 1 December 2010) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born in Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
(German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
, now France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), married in Stettin (German Empire
German Empire
The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...
, now Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and lived in Wachenheim an der Weinstraße.
Charlotte Bauch
Charlotte Bauch (12 October 1900 – 2 May 2011) was a German supercentenarianSupercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
. She was born in Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
and died in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
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