| Alfred Ziegler | |
 Ziegler on his 105th birthhday in 2018. | |
| Birth: | 22 February 1913 Switzerland |
| Death: | 12 March 2022 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Age: | 109 years, 18 days |
| Country: |  SUI
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| Centenarian | |
Alfred Ziegler (22 February 1913 – 12 March 2022) was a Swiss centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Switzerland at the time of his death. However, he was not the oldest living Swiss-born man as Maurice Butty of France is older.
Biography[]
Alfred Ziegler was born in Switzerland on 22 February 1913.
In 1939, at the age of 26, he joined the municipal fire station in Wiedikon (today Protection and Rescue Zurich, Guard South), and served there for almost 40 years.
He married Anna (born 1920) in 1943. The couple had two daughters. In 2021, the couple celebrated 77 years of marriage.
In February 2013, he celebrated his 100th birthday and became a centenarian.
At the time of his 105th birthday in 2018, he had two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Ziegler lived with his wife Anna Ziegler in Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, where he died on 12 March 2022 at the age of 109 years, 18 days. At the time of his death, he was the oldest known living person in Zurich, and the fourth-oldest known living person in Switzerland, behind Marie Guerne, Anna Rauch, and an anonymous woman of Bern. He is also the third-oldest known man ever to live in Switzerland, behind Pierre Gremion and Fritz Bosch.
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References[]
- Alfred Ziegler wird heute 105 Jahre alt Schutz & Rettung Zürich (Facebook), 22 February 2018
- Der älteste Zürcher lebt in Wiedikon Quartierverein Wiedikon, 2018
- Was, ich bin der Älteste in ganz Zürich Lokalinfo AG, 21 February 2018
- Alfred Ziegler feiert heute seinen 107 Schutz & Rettung Zürich (Facebook), 22 February 2020
- Mentioned alived at 108, 10 May 2021
- Mentinoned alive at 108, 10 May 2021
- 109th birthday Mention, 25 February 2022
- Obituary 18 March 2022
| Switzerland's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Jules Nidegger • Alex Montani • Gottfried Zimmermann • Fritz Feldmann • Pierre Gremion • Hans Schaeren • Othmar Balzer • Otto Meier-Masciadri • Arthur Mueller-Hunziker • Werner Tschaggelar • Felix Sierro • Battista Sargenti • Herbert Kreibich • Alfred Ziegler • Walter Muller • Alberto Annoni • Paul Trachsel • Richard Mercier • Paul Baumgartner • Max Meyer • Albert Honegger |