| Hermina Dunz | |
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| Birth: | 24 February 1898 Zagreb, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Death: | 14 June 2008 Graz, Austria |
| Age: | 110 years, 111 days |
| Country: |  CRO AUT
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| Validated | |
Hermina Dunz (24 February 1898 – 14 June 2008) was a Croatian-born Austrian supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Austria at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Hermina Dunz was born in city of Zagreb, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) on 24 February 1898. She was the oldest of six children in the family.
Dunz worked as a nanny in Hungary, Italy and the former Czechoslovakia for many years, before she attended kindergarten school and moved to Leibnitz and then to Graz. She was married but the couple had no children. Her husband died after 22 years of marriage.
She lived independently for most of her life, only moving to a retirement home when she was 101 years old. Following the death of 108-year old Anna Rudicky of Vienna on 15 February 2006, she became the oldest living person in Austria.
In February 2008, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian, the party was attended by Graz Mayor Siegfried Nagl. At the age of 110, she was almost blind and very hard of hearing but still mentally sharp.
Hermina Dunz died in Graz, Austria on 14 June 2008 at the age of 110 years, 111 days. For a time, she was the oldest validated person ever born in the territory of present-day Croatia, until November 2014 when her age was surpassed by Jelisaveta Veljkovic.
References[]
- Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born in the year 1898 Gerontology Research Group (GRG)
- 109 Jahre "jung" Örf.at, 21 March 2007
- Grazerin mit 110 Jahren älteste Frau Österreichs OE24.at, 24 February 2008
- Älteste Österreicherin mit 110 in Graz gestorben Kronen Zeitung, 19 June 2008
| Austria's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria Mika • Pauline Horak • Theresia Pichler • Leopold Vietoris • Adda Tinter • Marianne Habekost • Hermine Gorsak • Karoline Theyrer • Rosa Broz • Hermine Hermann • Anna Rudicky • Hermina Dunz • Hermine Hinner • Hermine Nistler • Cacilia Buchinger • Romana Swoboda • Theresia Sommer • Antonia Kubesch • Julia Zohrer • Anonymous • Anna Medwenitsch • Anna Wiesmayr • Luise Pompe • Margarete Troestl • Anna Wagner |