| Karl Haidle | |
 Karl Haidle in 2019 | |
| Birth: | 2 September 1915 Germany |
| Age: | 109 years, 93 days |
| Country: |  GER
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| Centenarian | |
Karl Haidle (Born 2 September 1915) is a German centenarian who is currently the oldest known living man and the oldest living world war II veteran in Germany. He is the last surviving german man born in 1915.
Biography[]
Karl Haidle was born in Germany on 2 September 1915. He became a mechanic and was then drafted into the Reich Labour Service and later the Wehrmacht. He was stationed as a Gebirgsjäger in Austria and later served as a runner, carrying messages between units. He ended up in Yugoslavian war captivity in 1944 and returned to Germany 3 years later.
After his return to Germany he helped his father on his farm, which he later took over. Haidle married his wife Frieda in 1955 and also took over the company of his Parents in law. He still drove his car at the age of 100 and stayed active.
He became the last known surviving man in Germany born in 1915 after the death of Valdemar Prukner and the oldest known living man in Germany after the death of Karlheinz Stauber on 17 Febuary 2024.
Karl Haidle currently lives in Kernen im Remstal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the age of 109 years, 93 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Video at 105 Kernen am Remstal on Youtube, 17.6.2020
- 104th birthday Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen 30.8.2019
- 105th birthday Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen 2.9.2020
- 107th birthday Stuttgarter Nachrichten 2.9.2022
- 108th confirmation 110 club
- 109th confirmation 110 club
| Germany's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Karl Glockner • Unknown • Josef Callenberg • Mathias Bollinger • Unknown • Johann Hartlieb • Adolf Lange • Karl Pfeiffer • Johann Wost • Friedrich Wedeking • August Schmidt • Wilhelm Deffner • Karl Bulow • Fritz Witt • Heinrich Oppermann • Ernst Schutt • Wenzel Novotny • Otto Trost • Peter Schmitt • Friedrich von Rauchhaupt • Wilhelm Gazioch • A. Hermann Lange • Ernst Laurenty • Gustav Rupnow • Robert Hubener • Wilhelm Lehnen • Jonathan Richter • Wilhelm Schorner • Lorenz Imminger • Georg Bredtschneider • Hermann Dornemann • Robert Meier • Wilhelm Remmert • Rudolf Christmann • Georg Thalhofer • Franz Kunstler • Georg Rosenkranz • Hermann Mayer-Kaupp • Erich Berger • Richard Hinz • Friedrich Volmer • Martin Dressel • Paul Veit • Bernhard Prott • Erich Walde • Gustav Gerneth • Heinrich Homann • Hans Schornack • Karlheinz Stauber • Karl Haidle • |