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Hermann Dornemann
Hermann Dörnemann
Birth: 27 May 1893
Essen, Prussia (Rhine Province), Germany
Death: 2 March 2005
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age: 111 years, 279 days
Country: GermanyGER
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Hermann Dornemann (German: Dörnemann) (27 May 1893 – 2 March 2005) was a German supercentenarian who was, at the time of his death, the oldest living person in Germany and the oldest validated German man ever. He was the oldest living person in Germany from the death of Lina Zimmer on 28 August 2004 until his own death six months later. His record as the oldest ever German man was surpassed by Gustav Gerneth in 2017, although Gerneth's age is not validated.

Biography

Hermann Dornemann was born, as youngest of eight siblings, in Essen, district Altessen, on 27 May 1893. His family’s house was connected to the power system when he was aged eight. He was trained to become an engineer. During the World War I, he was wounded by a shot in his upper arm. In 1922, he moved to Ratingen and later to Düsseldorf. He retired in 1959. Dornemann and his wife had two children. Following his wife’s death in 1984, he moved to live with his daughter.

Being 110 years old, Dornemann was alert but blind since five years. He expressed sadness upon not being able to see his great-grandchildren. He was aware of being one of Germanys oldest living people; however, he also mentioned it was a burden to become that old. He was convinced his family cared about him too well when he was asked about his attitude. Dornemann attributed his longevity to having a beer every day, but also avoiding sports and drinking the water of boiled potatoes, because of its vitamins.

Hermann Dornemann was considered to be the world's oldest living man following the passing of 114 year-old Fred H. Hale on 21 November 2004, what was proven wrong with the validation of Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico, born in 1891.

Dornemann died of pneumonia in a hospital on 2 March 2005, at the age of 111 years, 279 days. He was preceded in death by his son who died in 2003 and by his daughter Rita, one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. He was succeeded as Germany's oldest resident by 110 year-old Frieda Müller of Potsdam.


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Europe's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias DodenhoffFrederick StabbinsWilliam MugfurSven ErikssonJean-Pierre DupontWilliam WalkerBening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-BurginLars OlofssonMarc PicqJohan Svanstrom • Erik JanssonFrancesco CubaddaThomas PopeJohn FrancklowKarl Nilsson • Constant De LichteAntonio Marchi • August KarlssonKarl GlocknerAnders JonassonMathias Hansen SaetherJan KipWillem Kostering • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Antonije MladenovicFriedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale CappelloGiuseppe Arena • Luigi SabaIngebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri PerignonDomenico Minervino • Josep Armengol Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino StellaGregorio Merino Calvo • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea Hernandez • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets MollHermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry AllinghamHarry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso GallaiPhilippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav GernethBob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Stanislaw Kowalski • Andre BoiteGeorges ThomasJohn TinniswoodIlie Ciocan


Germany's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Margarethe Sauer • Katharina Braun • Leni Matthaei • Mathilde Schulz • Petronella Wansleban • Agnes Gerrath • Anna Fleinert • Bertha Brandes • Wilhelmine Heister • Gertrude Schmalohr • Maria Corba • Elfried Libbert • Paula Baumgartner • Gertrud Pannwitz • Ottilie Aleith • Karolina Kruger • Franziska Umrath • Pauline Spyra • Wilhelm Lehnen • Marie Stegmann • Wilhelm Schorner • Maria Laqua • Rosalia Hasenkampf • Magdalene Regener • Anna Stephan • Lina Zimmer • Hermann Dornemann • Frieda Muller • Irmgard von Stephani • Elsa Tauser • Frieda Borchert • Emma Joisten • Alwine Werner • Zhenya Broytman • Frieda Schmidt • Berta Zeisler • Charlotte Bauch • Karolina Grober • Elisabeth Schneider • Gertrud Henze • Frieda Szwillus • Johanna Klink • Charlotte Klamroth • Margarete Dannheimer • Else Ronsch • Herta Oeser • Gustav GernethMathilde MangeKatharina HagemeyerAdele RodensteinJosefine OllmannAnna CernohorskyCharlotte KretschmannMartha Henze

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