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This is a list of verified German supercentenarians (people from Germany who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 45 verified supercentenarians from Germany. The oldest person ever from Germany was Maria Laqua, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 362 days (but Augusta Holtz, aged 115 years 79 days, died in the US in 1986). As of 25 December 2024, there are 0 verified living supercentenarians, 0 pending, and at least 4 unverified in Germany, the oldest of whom is Else Rönsch, aged 120 years, 283 days.

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 longevity 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.   Verified   Pending   Unverified

Living German emigrant supercentenarians

German supercentenarians

  Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending

a Hasenkampf was born in a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.
b Berndt was born in Kaffzig, which had then been a part of the German Empire; it is now Kawcze and located in Poland.
c Klink was born in Siemianowitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Siemianowice Śląskie in Poland.
d Ottmann was born in Bauerwitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Baborów in Poland.
e Stephan was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
f Tilscher was born in Moravia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
g Zeisler was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
h Corba was born in Izgar, which was then part of the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Romania.
i Umrath was born in Danzig, which was then part of the German Empire; it is now Gdańsk and located in Poland.
j Jantke was born in Marienburg, which was then part of the German Empire; it is now Malbork and located in Poland.
k Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
l von Veh was born in a part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Russia.
m Breckerbaum was born in Neudorf bei Wronke, which was then part of the German Empire; it is now Nowa Wieś koło Wronek and located in Poland.
n Maier was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.

German emigrant supercentenarians

o Holtz was born in Czarnikau, which was then part of the German Empire; it is now Czarnków and located in Poland.
p Rein was born in Myslowitz, which was then part of the German Empire; it is now Mysłowice and located in Poland.
q Petit was born in Lorraine, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
r Trompeter was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
s Palarowska was born in Mroczno, which was then part of German Empire. It is now in Poland.
t Dott was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
u Meyer-Zettel was born in Alsace, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now in France.
v Grafunder was born in Schippenbeil, which was then part of German Empire. It is now Sępopol in Poland.

Oldest living German person by state

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This is a list of the oldest living people by each state of residence   Under 110   Verified   Pending   Unverified

Oldest German person by state of birth

This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each state — according to today's borders   Deceased (Verified)   Living (Verified)   Pending   Unverified

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Germany since 1989

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People

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Ella Ille Rentel

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Ella Ille Rentel (19 May 1852 – 19 September 1962) was a German-Lithuanian supercentenarian. 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.

Friedrich Wedeking

Friedrich Wedeking (10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973) was one of the first German supercentenarians. He was born in Blomberg and died in Dortmund. He was one of the founding members of the gliders club, which was started in 1931 and is still active in Blomberg today.

He was the oldest living man from 21 March 1968, following the death of John Mosely Turner, until Wedeking's death at age 110 years, 207 days. Wedeking was succeeded as world's oldest living man by Frederick Butterfield.

Katharina Braun

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Katharina Braun (23 September 1867 – 5 February 1979) was a German supercentenarian 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.

Paula Baumgärtner

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Paula Marie Baumgärtner (16 August 1881 – 24 February 1993) was a German supercentenarian 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.

Adelheid Kirschbaum

Adelheid Kirschbaum (29 September 1883 – 21 December 1996) was the oldest person born in Germany ever before Charlotte Benkner; before her Katharina Braun was the record holder. She was born in Neuwied and died in New York. Kirschbaum also was the oldest Jewish person ever before Evelyn Kozak.

Maria Laqua

Maria Laqua (12 February 1889 – 9 February 2002) was a German supercentenarian who is actually the oldest person ever to be born and die in Germany.

Maria Laqua was born in 1889 in Reydt-Odenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, as one of 13 children. She worked as housemaid, married and gave birth to two children in the 1920s. Her husband Charles died in 1958. Their both sons fell in the Second World War. Laqua lived for 35 years in a retirement home in Bad Hönningen, Rhineland-Palatinate and died in her sleep, three days before her 113th birthday. She was only survived by a great-niece who attended her regularly. It was reported that Laqua was in need of care, bedridden and not accessible during her last years. Nevertheless there were also good days when Maria Laqua had a flash and spoke. During a visit of a bishop for example, she had spoken at once and told a lot.

Anna Stephan

Anna Stephan (25 March 1892 – 3 August 2003) was a German supercentenarian who was born in Altenteich, Bohemia as one of 12 children. Stephan married twice and gave birth to four daughters. In 1945, the Sudeten German family was evicted from their home. With 50 kilogram of luggage, Anna Stephan fled with her husband and children to Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany. After the Second World War, she went into the forest every day to gather wood and she also knitted and patched farmer’s clothes so that her family got something to eat. Anna Stephan lived on her own until the age of 106 and died in a retirement home in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz nearly 5 months after her 111th birthday. She was outlived by three daughters, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

Frieda Schmidt

Frieda Schmidt (15 December 1899 – 6 November 2010) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Germany from the death of Zhenya Broytman on 25 October 2010 until her death on 6 November 2010 at the age of 110 years and 326 days. Schmidt was born in Bergsdorf, a district of Zehdenick, Brandenburg, where she also died. According to a newspaper she had once worked as a service maid for Philip, Prince of Eulenburg. During her life she lost her only husband in 1951 and two daughters. Frieda Schmidt spent her last years in her daughter’s home and busied herself with needlework. At the time of her death she had eight grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild. Also a sister of Schmidt was living in Berlin.

Karolina Gröber

Karolina Gröber (27 April 1901 – 21 November 2011) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Germany from the death of Frieda Borchert on 22 June 2008 until her own death on 21 November 2011 at the age of 110 years and 208 days. Gröber was born in Lechhausen, which became a part of Augsburg, Bavaria, in 1913, where she spent most of her lifetime. In 1906 she met Louis III who visited Augsburg for the celebration of its incorporation into the Kingdom of Bavaria 100 years previously in 1806. Gröber began a dressmaking apprenticeship before World War I but did not graduate because it was not possible to acquire material and also to sell clothes. She married in 1927 and gave birth to one daughter ten years later. Gröber was in good health until her 100th birthday in 2001. Then she had two hip fractures she never recovered from. Gröber suffered also from dementia. She spent the last years of her life in poor health in a nursing home in Augsburg where she died.

Elisabeth Schneider

Elisabeth Schneider (19 August 1901 – 9 February 2013) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest person in Germany from the death of Karolina Gröber on November 21, 2011 until her own death on 9 February 2013 at the age of 111 years and 174 days. She was born in Bad Oeynhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1901 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 as the oldest living German supercentenarian and replied laughing that others just would have given up gasping for breath. On 9 February 2013, she died in a retirement home in Varel, Lower Saxony. Schneider was outlived by her daughter, two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Gertrud Henze

Gertrud Henze (8 December 1901 – 22 April 2014) was a German supercentenarian who had been the oldest living person in Germany from the death of Elisabeth Schneider on 9 February 2013 until her death on 22 April 2014. The former librarian was born on Rügen and never got married or gave birth to a child. She was still in good condition and lived in a retirement home in Göttingen since 1993 where she was well-liked by many residents for her open and life-affirming attitude. Henze traced her longevity to reading a lot, having lively contact with other people, enjoying sometimes a cigarette and a glass of wine and never marry. She celebrated her 112th birthday only with some friends and relatives because the public interest in consequence of her birthday the year before was too exhausting. She enjoyed reading, even with the help of a magnifying glass. Nevertheless of physical limitations Henze was able to walk with the help of a walking frame to meet acquaintances and friends for having a chat. Henze died on 22 April 2014 at the age of 112 years and 135 days. She bequeath her body for genetic research to science.

Frieda Szwillus

Frieda Szwillus, née Hennig, (30 March 1902 – 21 September 2014) was a German supercentenarian who had been Germanys oldest living person from 22 April 2014 until her death 5 months later, aged 112 years, 175 days. In 1902 she was born in Dessau, today in Saxony-Anhalt, as Frieda Hennig and had 6 siblings of whom three reached almost 100. In 1908 she and her family moved to Erla. Szwillus was married two times, raised one biological and three step-children and outlived all of them. Frieda Szwillus has always lived modestly and sparingly. One reason for this might be that she worked for less money in a hosiery mill.

At the end of 2011 Szwillus was bedridden for some weeks but recovered. Until recently, she was living at home in Raschau with her family and she needs no medicine. Mrs. Szwillus was in a good physical but not mental condition in consequence of suffering from dementia. Szwillus’ family traced her longevity to having a lively family life. She often visited her siblings but never went on vacation. Furthermore Szwillus was only physically active during her youth. She also enjoyed knitting and embroidering. She died on 21 September 2014 at age 112 years and 175 days.

Margarete Dannheimer

Margarete Dannheimer (28 January 1904 – 2 July 2015) was a German supercentenarian who had been the oldest living person in Germany from the death of Charlotte Klamroth on 16 May 2015 until her death on 2 July 2015.

The former receptionist was born in Östheim as one of five siblings. In 1930 she married her husband Karl who died at age 94 in 1997. In 1943, the family moved to Neuendettelsau, where she is still living. With her husband she owned a radio shop. At the age of 109 she moved into a nursing home where she was sharing an appartment with her daughter. As wished she received a radio by Horst Seehofer, minister president of Bavaria. Mrs. Dannheimer daughter traced her longevity to eating a lot of vegetables like red cabbage, beans, cauliflower, kohlrabi and savoy cabbage instead of enjoying fat.

Else Rönsch

Else Rönsch (born 17 March 1904) is a German supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in Germany since of Margarete Dannheimer on 2 July 2015.

She was born in Ahlbeck in 1904 as oldest of three siblings to a plumber and worked in the family establishment as office clerk. Else Rönsch was not married until the age of 66. Finding true love was hard work, she revealed on her 110th birthday. Until 2010, she was living on her own. Aged 106 she left her hometown Ahlbeck and moved into a nursing home in Heringsdorf where she is visited by her relatives from time to time. Rönsch never had children.

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1. ^ Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
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3. "Bürgerschaftswahl in Hamburg: Älteste Wählerin ist 110 Jahre alt!". 12 February 2015.
4. "Mit 108: Sie freut sich auf die Fußball-WM!". April 2014.
5. "Älteste Berlinerin feiert 110. Geburtstag". 13 February 2015.
6. "Froh, freundlich, gelassen". 24 June 2015.
7. "Deutsche Missionarin Sr. Maria Electis SND feiert in Brasilien 110. Geburtstag" (in German). March 22, 2014.
8. "111 years of life and 87 years of Consecrated Religious Life". March 25, 2015.
9. "At 110, Katie Bodenbender's days are filled with prayer, music and laughter". April 23, 2015.
10. ^ Supercentenarians who lived in Germany
11. ^ List of Pending cases
12. http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx
13. http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx
14. ^ GRG Deaths in 2007
15. GRG Oldest People in 1994
16. http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx
17. ^ GRG Table B2
18. ^ GRG Deaths in 2010
19. ^ GRG Deaths in 2004
20. ^ GRG Deaths in 2008
21. ^ GRG Deaths in 2003
22. ^ GRG Deaths in 2011
23. GRG Deaths in 1996
24. World's Oldest Person Titleholders since 1955
27. GRG Deaths in 2009
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54. Einen guten Rotwein bis zum letzten Tag
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63. "Älteste Augsburgerin gestorben". 23 November 2011.
64. "Varelerin hat mit 110 Jahren stets ein Gedicht parat". 19 August 2012.
65. "Älteste Einwohnerin mit 111 Jahren gestorben". 11 March 2013.
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67. "Sonntag wird sie 112: Göttingerin Gertrud Henze ist die älteste Deutsche". 7 December 2013.
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75. "Älteste Deutsche lebt auf der Insel Usedom". 10 July 2015.

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