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Katharina Braun
Katharina Braun
Birth: 23 September 1867
Kingdom of Bavaria (now Germany)
Death: 5 February 1979
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Age: 111 years, 135 days
Country: GermanyGER
Validated

Katharina Braun (née Schehlmann; 23 September 1867 – 5 February 1979) was a German supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Germany.

Biography

Braun was born in Kingdom of Bavaria (now Bavaria, Germany) on 23 September 1867.

She became the oldest known living person in Germany, following the death of 109-year-old Margarethe Sauer on 14 January 1977. In September 1977, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.

On 25 January 1978, she surpassed the final age of Ella Ille Rentel and became the oldest German woman ever. On 19 April 1978, she surpassed the final age of Friedrich Wedeking and became the oldest German person ever.

Braun was the last known surviving person in Germany born before the foundation of the German Empire in 1871 Her German longevity record was broken by Paula Baumgartner in 1992.

Braun died in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 5 February 1979 at age 111 years, 135 days. She was autopsied following her death in 1979.

References


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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