| Hildegard Rau | |
 Hildegard Rau on her 109th birthday in 2021. | |
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Hildegard "Hilda" Rau (31 July 1912 - 29 July 2024) was a German supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023. It is believed that she was the oldest living person in Lower Swabia and one of the oldest living people in Baden-Wurttemberg.
Biography[]
Hildegard Rau was born in Grossgartach (now a neighbourhood of Leingarten), Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany on 31 July 1912.
Rau took care of her husband for a long time at home. After being widowed, she continued to live in her home alone, before moving to a retirement home at the age of 100. She has said that if she knew she was going to live so long, she would have come later.
At the age of 107, Rau was still walking outside every day with a walker, when the weather was good. In January 2021, at the age of 108, she received the COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest known people to receive the vaccine. As of her 109th birthday in 2021, she no longer had the strength to walk outside.
On her 110th birthday in 2022, Rau received a congratulatory certificate from Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. At the time, she still had a clear head, and was interested in what was happening in Germany and around the world.
Hildegard Rau lived in a care home managed by the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund in Leingarten, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany,and died on 29 July 2024 at the age of 111 years, 364 days.
References[]
- Lamins Traum vom Leben als Altenpfleger Heilbronner Stimme, 19 July 2018
- Frau aus Leingarten feiert heute ihren 107. Geburtstag Heilbronner Stimme, 31 July 2019
- 108-Jährige in Leingarten gegen Corona geimpft: „Hoffentlich hört Seuche bald auf“ Heilbronner Stimme, 13 January 2021
- Leingartenerin feiert ihren 109. Geburtstag Heilbronner Stimme, 31 July 2021
- 110. Geburtstag im ASB Seniorenzentrum am Heuchelberg in Leingarten ASB Heilbronn, 2 August 2022
- Obituary